Example sentences of "'ve only be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've only been there five minutes , ’ Maggie protested . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've only been here a week . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Out of doors is the best place for Brownies , really , but we 've only been able to be out of doors so much because of this hot summer . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , we 've only been here a couple of days . |
| 5 | There 's been no problem matching clients to carers because I 've had a biggish pool to choose from — there 's been about 30 people on the register at any one time — and I 've only been using a maximum of ten at a time . ’ |
| 6 | In 1985 , he claimed defensively , ‘ There 's black and white proof I 'm not the killer I 'm supposed to be , I 've only been sent off twice . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 8 | People in my trade are supposed to be able to help , but I 've only been able to come up with the old platitude : ‘ Do n't buy a £500 car from a dealer because you 'll only get £100 worth of vehicle — the rest will be profit . ’ |
| 9 | We 've been growing at a fairly significant rate considering we 've only been back about five years . |
| 10 | I 've only been in your bed with you once and then you were as jumpy as a cat thinking that sister of yours might come back unexpectedly . |
| 11 | The Upside Down Catfish tend to nip one another as they swim round the tank — they 've only been in the tank for five days , so would the nipping be due to the fact that they 're still settling in ? |
| 12 | I 've only been ill once — in 1969 with 24-hour ‘ flu — so visiting surgeries is a novel experience ( which is palling fast ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Of course , you 've only been a frog for a while . |
| 14 | ‘ People are going on as if there is a crisis at Blackburn because we have n't won for seven weeks , but we 've only been beaten twice this season and if that 's a crisis God help us . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But you 've only been talking to them for a little while ! ’ said Angalo . |
| 16 | As she turned her face towards him there was a twinkle in her round brown eyes and a touch of sarcasm in her tone as she answered , ‘ No , sergeant , no ; I 've only been up since half-past six . |
| 17 | ‘ We 've only been to two movies in two-and-a-half years , ’ he says . |
| 18 | I 've only been divorced a few months . ’ |
| 19 | And that did n't surprise Graham one bit as he bluntly admitted : ‘ I 've got tired players on my hands , and we 've only been playing five weeks . |
| 20 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 21 | You 've only been a reader for 32 years . |
| 22 | I 've only been once . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've only been given a year 's contract , so the main priority will be to win all the matches , using essentially the same side that played in the World Cup . |
| 24 | He snapped his lighter , I 've only been down here six months . |
| 25 | They 've only been here once , just after Christmas . ‘ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've only been on the Delos once before . |
| 27 | ‘ 'Course I 'ave n't , you 've only been gone a minute . ’ |
| 28 | They 've only been elected to nineteen ninety two , so they 're , they 're really , what there doing there forcing people to take some action now , because at Kathy says , she 's afraid of being left out , if there should be a , another Tory Government , so a lot of people are in the same position , they will be putting in eh , I think they just call it best of interest , not a proper application , but then if the whole lot , hundreds of us come along , which is quite likely they will , the Government will say well this proves that everybody wants to become you see , so it 's rather clever move , erm , as , as far as I 'm concerned , what 's happening with that she is eh here within the hospital , the consultant 's and the worker 's in the hospital . |
| 29 | This may be an odd thing to say when you 've only been married a month , but it 's true . |
| 30 | We 've only been here three quarters of an hour ! |