Example sentences of "you 've be " in BNC.

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1 Salim presents himself in a light which requires the reader to be told that , although he himself has been making good , he is grieved , or affects to be , by the discovery that the slavish Metty has been getting on : ‘ You 've been very much getting on as though you 're your own man . ’
2 You 've been helping the Vatican in some mysterious business or other , have n't you ? ’
3 You 've been trying to ease me out , Charles .
4 You 've been very quiet about this , Dorothy .
5 You 've been in the wars rather , have n't you ? ’
6 You 've been to a lot of trouble over this , Paul , thank you .
7 And if you 've been watching BBC 's Masterchef series , the winning recipes are also in Good Food , on sale August 8 .
8 ‘ Just I know you 've been busy and enjoying your friends .
9 Goddam it to held lady , you 've been straight all your life .
10 You 've been like a YTS trainee for the past millennia .
11 You 've been lovely to me .
12 You 've been with us , now ,
13 ‘ So , tell me how you 've been , what you 've been doing .
14 ‘ So , tell me how you 've been , what you 've been doing .
15 ‘ While you 've been sitting on your intellectual arses alternately pitying yourselves and the so-called workers , it 's my hard work , my money that 's been keeping this country — ’ Stalking off indoors ; the door shuts .
16 You 've been with me for a whole week now and you might just as well have been a girl , or a boy without balls .
17 If you 've been to a puppy party you 'll know how much fun it can be to train your pup in a positive and natural way .
18 ‘ At parties , if people ask what you 've been doing and you tell them that you 've just been around the world , it stops the conversationd ead . ’
19 Has anyone ever spoken to you like this since you 've been here ?
20 They 'd say things like , ‘ Glen , you 've been a really naughty boy .
21 If you 've been pretty dominant in a company I do n't think you know when that time has actually arrived .
22 You 've been wasted ever since . ’
23 ‘ For instance , if you 've been working towards getting a client somewhere to live and they get it and they come back to you and say ‘ Thanks ’ , that is simply amazing , ’ says Frances .
24 It sounds as though you 've been using more conditioner than your hair needs .
25 You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend .
26 ‘ Yeah , but just reckon what you 've been through , love . ’
27 Now I should like the name and address of the authority who employ you , the name of your landlady and that of the school in which you 've been teaching . ’
28 You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully .
29 Tell me this , ’ Doctor Staples asked , ‘ you 've been depressed lately , am I right ?
30 You ca n't forget if you 've been through it , you ca n't . ’
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