Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been writing to each other for eight years but had never met until this year . |
| 2 | They will also completely cover up imperfections , have good sound and heat insulation properties and , if they 've been treated with protective spray , will last for years and years — long after paint has become chipped and discoloured , and paper faded . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been watching over this project since its inception . |
| 4 | We 've been looking for this car as part of a murder investigation . |
| 5 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 6 | Okay right , so what we 've been looking at this week is trade in agricultural commodities , and er , possibly a little bit of GATT as well . |
| 7 | " I 've been looking at these holes . |
| 8 | ‘ But I am a bit disappointed that while we 've been appealing for new directors nobody from the town has come forward . ’ |
| 9 | They 'd be secondhand shoes because they 've been worn for three days . |
| 10 | Not necessarily for us yet , but we 've been asked by Special Branch to take it on board . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been living on odd bits and pieces , ’ he says , ‘ as well as the proceeds of my first novel . ’ |
| 12 | " Lord , I feel as if I 've been living with this case for ever ! " |
| 13 | Register Office , handful of guests , parents optional , drink-up at couple 's house ( in which they 've been living for several years already ) . |
| 14 | And I 've been living for seven years ! |
| 15 | — We 've been living in this flat over a year Duncan . |
| 16 | For nine years , I 've been living in unwedded bliss with my partner Christian . |
| 17 | They 've been marching with full-time soldiers in Horseguards Parade . |
| 18 | Right they 've er they 've been preaching against Spanish slates . |
| 19 | This month I 've been inundated with more questions about dog foods , and feeding in general . |
| 20 | I 've been tied to older people , my father … riveted to him . |
| 21 | But I 've been thinking about next week . |
| 22 | ‘ Doctor , I 've been thinking about this planet . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been thinking about this time muddle , Cassie . |
| 24 | I 've been thinking about these requests for miracles . |
| 25 | I 've been thinking about these blinds for such a long time . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | They 've been formed from separate corps looking after Transport , Ordnance , Supplies , Catering and Military Mail . |
| 28 | We 've not given anything away and if we 've been affected by other pressures — England , injuries and the like — then okay . |
| 29 | They 've been trained from early age have n't they ? |
| 30 | I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ? |