Example sentences of "'ve just been " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Funnily enough , that 's been one of the nice things about Harwich : people have n't overburdened everything with all my troubles and they 've just been themselves . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've just been posting a letter for poor Mrs. Fanshawe , Sister , ’ she said virtuously . |
| 4 | She could hardly say , ‘ I 've just been told that I 'm pregnant again , ’ because it was only a matter of a week or two . |
| 5 | I 've just been explaining that Angela seems to have gone missing . ’ |
| 6 | I 've just been over to see Madge and guess what ? |
| 7 | ‘ I think you 've just been unlucky . ’ |
| 8 | I 've just been looking at the end-May figures and notice we 're just about holding our own on the Gesamt . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've just been robbed ! |
| 10 | I 've just been lucky so far , touch wood . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've just been hearing about Pat 's epic poem about the ‘ other side ’ , ’ said Alison . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've just been telling the captain . |
| 13 | You 've just been appointed as a care assistant . |
| 14 | But all the same , it was fun to telephone home from Huntingdon that evening and electrify the family by saying , ‘ You 'll never guess where I 've just been ! ’ and listen to their admiring and incredulous comments . |
| 15 | ‘ Not too good , ’ I said , ‘ I 've just been told that Punch is closing . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've just been given a present . ’ |
| 17 | I 've just been round to see Mrs Reynolds in the village , and she 's adamant that all the kitchen and scullery windows were closed when she left at nine-thirty . |
| 18 | I 'm not actually sure what model it is — I think it 's a 335 Dot — but I 've just been out and bought another one for a spare , and luckily enough it feels exactly the same . |
| 19 | Well , but I 've just been conversing with ghosts myself . |
| 20 | Well , I 've just been round the tents and Lyons are hopping mad ! |
| 21 | Self-confidence can be at a low ebb if you 've just been told to p … off by an embittered pedestrian . |
| 22 | That 's a sprinter 's example , but it 's the same for any athletic performance , as I 've just been reminded by watching the astonishing improvement of Ray Davidson in these past few years . |
| 23 | You 've just been seeing too many films . |
| 24 | People ring up about the match they 've just been to and complain or say who they think should be the next England manager , etc . |
| 25 | Then a friend asks if you 've just been chewing a clove of garlic . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've just been down to the market . |
| 27 | Your back was patted ( not stabbed ) and you 've just been told to invest some company money in some brand new metal . |
| 28 | I 've just been made redundant after 30 years as an engineer with British Telecom . ’ |
| 29 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 30 | I 'VE just been to court for the first time in my life at 74 , because my local council said I owed them £63 for my wife 's poll tax during 1991–92 . |