Example sentences of "[conj] you have been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said so , and you fobbed me off with the excuse that you 'd been talking about Lilian 's twin . |
| 2 | Thank you Chairman erm I would like I know that you 've been listening to the first er part of our session this afternoon , erm and I 'd like to ask you to discuss with us one of the questions that we asked the group the Pension Fund erm and that 's to discuss the balance of power that exists between the employer and the various groups and classes of pensioner . |
| 3 | → It seems to me , Dave , that you 've been labouring under a bit of a misapprehension . |
| 4 | Which is the story that you 've been hearing about ? |
| 5 | And suppose suppose that you 've been dancing with somebody and you really do n't like them at all . |
| 6 | Is it true the things that you 've been declaring about yourself ? |
| 7 | Erm it 's an exercise that you 've been asking for . |
| 8 | So what , can you outline the basic technical problem that you 've been having with the flight control system ? |
| 9 | The , the direct debits that you 've been paying for years but you 're not sure where they go to , that sort of thing ? |
| 10 | do you think that maybe they could benefit from this idea that you 've been talking about today ? |
| 11 | I understand today that you 've been celebrating with tea . |
| 12 | Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted . |
| 13 | I would suggest that initially one of the things we ought to be doing is making approaches to the private sector through their organisations where they exist and say , look we really have to begin to get into the kind of discussions that you have been talking about earlier between health and social work ; health , social work and the voluntary side to talk about the issues of planning and the issues of quality and the issues of the form and shape of services and what sort of developments are acceptable in client-need terms and what are not acceptable . |
| 14 | ‘ Your uncle Orrin tells us that you have been missing for months , not travelling with the Parslows as we thought , and when you surface again you have the gall to question us . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ So you 've been chatting to the Earl of Ferngrove , Jill ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ So you have been thinking about them . |
| 17 | The trouble was , once you 'd been driving for that long , you drove right through your tiredness and out into a dreamland where only the road was moving . |
| 18 | Once you 've been going to the same shops a lot , y'know , just standing around and not buying anything , they get to know you . |
| 19 | providing , and you 've been living off capital in that way , and and and I 'm not prepared to do that , but I do think there is strong case for borrowing , er , providing it 's kept in in that in in er er under control at this time , and borrowing , I may feel that we will be able to be in a much better position to take our capital receipts and use them advantageously in the future . |
| 20 | You would not have reached your present stage if you had been lacking in ability . |
| 21 | You will also receive half your husband 's graduated pension and all of his additional pension if he contributed to SERPS , so long as this would not take your pension above the maximum you could have had if you had been earning at the upper earnings limit throughout . |
| 22 | I will I would say that if you had been speaking to me on the phone , and this is not a criticism of John it 's just a an observation , you would n't be here . |
| 23 | If you 've been thinking about taking out a subscription to the Royal Horticultural Society , now 's the time to do it . |
| 24 | If you 've been thinking about a career in hairdressing and need some professional advice without parting with any cash , the new video from Hair by Alan d may be just the answer . |
| 25 | If you 've been thinking of making domestic changes or improvements , but lacked the money or momentum to set the wheels of change in motion use today to make a start . |
| 26 | You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I know a lady lawyer who can get you off , even if you 've been going round the shops buying poison , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Anyway , if you 've been talking to Betty you know who he is . ’ |
| 29 | The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days . |
| 30 | If you 've been gossiping about someone , go to those you gossiped to and try to restore the person 's reputation . |