Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] 've be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where I 've been for the past 200 years or so , we count ourselves lucky if we still have one . ’ |
| 2 | Right and also comments and suggestions although we 've been in the business for a number of years , er comments and suggestions are always er welcomed and and and considered very carefully . |
| 3 | I do n't think the theatre 's ever been endowed with a great deal of fundings but one or two companies in the town that have been prepared to fund obviously the one that strikes me is Gilbey 's cos the Gilbey bar I mean that was funded and like they 've been over the years they have given money even fact as a sad note cos Gilbey 's have actually demised now erm General Portfolio have actually taken on the role in Harlow of funding many things if you actually look all most things that have sponsored until recently have been sponsored by General Portfolio so they 've been to the fore in er fundering funding . |
| 4 | I think we have to be a little bit careful about this because , of course , erm the feeling is not that once they 've been in the job for a little while that they are still amateurs , it 's merely that we do n't require them to know a great deal about what they 're going to do before they start . |
| 5 | I can just hear your voice answering the phone , as if I 've been to the shop for some ciggies and I 'm back late . |
| 6 | I am , it 's cos I 've been in the drinking . |
| 7 | Aye , she says I 'm feeling sick , well that 's er all your if your head is what you call it when you feel awful , you know I say if you 've been on the , on the drink you know when you get up and your head ooh , well that sets your stomach off , so his trouble 's coming from his head , on his stomach |
| 8 | I 'm trying to keep our dogs out of the lounge cos they 've been on the settee that many times |
| 9 | Yeah , yeah , cos they 've been in the , yeah . |
| 10 | Well nowadays I do n't know whether you should record this or not , but nowadays erm they 'll not go unless they 've been to the bar or something before that well unfortunately Leslie 's not able to drink now , he ca n't after his operation , he ca n't take , it just upsets him altogether so he ca n't go to the bar and all the rest of the company have been to the bar and they 're in a different mood than what Leslie is , so Leslie 'll just not go , and it just , it 's kind of , cut him off |
| 11 | Well we went off and got off at Peel which was the other with the all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 12 | He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 13 | ( Technically I should have Norris 's solo room because I 've been in the flat longest , but that room 's small and noisy ; also , Gav does n't snore and he 's quite happy to retreat to the living room couch if I have female company … |
| 14 | In America where initially it was done one state after another , it actually has changed quite a lot and erm the developments have been very interesting , partly because they 've been in the courts rather than in Congress . |
| 15 | I 've also been collecting a whole load of old Electro-Harmonix pedals while I 've been on the road in the States , and they just sound so amazing compared to all these digital pedals ! |
| 16 | ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled . |
| 17 | I have managed to apply it at least once a year since I 've been on the Bench . |
| 18 | ‘ The first half was the worst we 've ever had since I 've been at the club . |
| 19 | Since I 've been in the East , I 've met many women — Egyptian , French , Greek , Jewish , Turkish , and English , too . |
| 20 | Striker Atkinson said : ‘ I 've felt better since I 've been in the unit . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's been a long time since I 've been in the semis of a Grand Slam tournament . ’ |
| 22 | Again we 're back to the the the same arguments on the capital receipt and I do n't intend to begin re-rehearsing those but quite frankly , I mean I would n't claim by any to have a vast or a a slightly deeper knowledge of housing finance but obviously since you 've been on the council the same length of time as I have , I mean you 've got even less . |
| 23 | Er I do n't know but I would i I would reckon the crime rate since we 've been on the flats , even though the the flats are emptying out , h h has dropped er dramatically . |
| 24 | But since we 've been on the flats , there 's probably been half a dozen muggings . |
| 25 | ‘ I like to go to confession straight after I 've been to the hairdresser , ’ said Lili . |
| 26 | Anyway I 'm not signing off until about 5.30 tonight so I 'll keep waiting and reading those messages until then — after I 've been to the pub at dinner time of course ! |
| 27 | And then , after I 've been in the workshops about a month , a foreman , a foreman of Signals came and they said oh we can get you regraded , you have to go to the Ordnance see , had to go to the Ordnance get reclassified . |
| 28 | You know , it probably sounds weird , but after you 've been on the road all that time , you kind of forget whether you 're any good or not . |
| 29 | You 'd likely have been sorry if you had n't , 'cos you 've been on the verge of snapping . |
| 30 | We 'll think you 'll agree , after we 've been through the Covermaster Plan , it 's choc-a-bloc full of features , waiver of premium , escalating premium , insurability option , life cover , selective periods , bonuses , you name it , there 's hundreds of features of the plan . |