Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] 've been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Towards which we 've been striving for weeks .
2 And to show you what the situation is er the world 's energy demand is very likely i i i is almost certain to increase er because of development in the world and also because of the growing population er that arrow is some sort of guess as to how the world er the demand for energy worldwide is likely to increase when you set that against the curves at the bottom which show the likely projections for oil and natural gas as you can see as we get into the next century those er fossil fuels , which we 've been using with gay abandon for many decades , will start to into er decline .
3 Well to make that sort of revenue they will actually need to fly rather more than two million passengers a year , and in the present state of the world aviation market I reckon that 's quite a tall order , in fact if they fell short of it by five percent in a particular year that would be capable of using up the kind of capital and reserves which we 've been talking about .
4 I mean tha , is it all , you know , do we need all the time to have erm extra administrative help and in in , and in terms of which we 've been talking about before , I know they might sound like two conflicting issues but one of the ways of ensuring we get the work done is do we trying too much at the Synod ?
5 Register Office , handful of guests , parents optional , drink-up at couple 's house ( in which they 've been living for several years already ) .
6 know b what I 've been getting on Friday and Saturday night was an awfully big
7 Demelza , five , of Oakworth , West Yorks , said : ‘ She 's just what I 've been looking for .
8 ‘ I have a Korg M1R and a Korg Wave Station , and that 's what I 've been writing with .
9 What I 've been using for about the last five years are Seymour Duncan amps .
10 It 's just what I 've been hoping for !
11 ‘ What I 'm saying , Vitali — what I 've been driving at in my own bluff way — is that I would very much appreciate , that 's to say , well … ’
12 It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months .
13 That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’
14 What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components .
15 ‘ When it works , it 'll be nothing to be ashamed of It 's what I 've been working towards for most of my professional life , ’ the doctor said defensively .
16 that 's what I 've been waiting for that ten , ten do it again
17 Well that 's what I 've been saying to dad as well , I said the times I said we 've had cheques come back !
18 But I do n't think it really ever I mean there were quite a lot of initiatives like that you know of people thinking of different ways really of of sticking together to combat er you know what I 've been talking about which was smashing unionism and er forcing lower wages really onto the the already low paid , which er really seems to be what Thatcher 's all about you know in order to er curb inflation and create a very divided society where er half the population seem to have to live either on the dole or in in poverty really in in derelict bits of Britain .
19 I have to write what I 've been talking about .
20 Is n't this what you 've been angling for ever since we crashed ?
21 It was just a quickie , I just wanted to read this little point that I actually think brings lots of what you 've been discussing about together , and it 's a light hearted , but it does have some relevance if I can just say it .
22 If that 's what you 've been looking for you could have saved yourself the trouble .
23 It goes quickly and then you realise you ca n't remember what you 've been thinking about .
24 ‘ I think a lot of what happens when you play solos has to do with what you 've been listening to lately .
25 Here 's what you 've been waiting for .
26 ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’
27 What you 've been doing for the past four months !
28 What I want you to do now is tell me what you 've been doing with Miss this week Tuesday .
29 Just talk like what you 've been doing at school and things like that .
30 I do n't know what you 've been doing to yourself , girl .
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