Example sentences of "[subord] you 've been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So you 've been chatting to the Earl of Ferngrove , Jill ! ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If you 've been thinking about taking out a subscription to the Royal Horticultural Society , now 's the time to do it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I know a lady lawyer who can get you off , even if you 've been going round the shops buying poison , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Anyway , if you 've been talking to Betty you know who he is . ’ |
| 9 | The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days . |
| 10 | If you 've been gossiping about someone , go to those you gossiped to and try to restore the person 's reputation . |
| 11 | And over the years if you 've been working with the same partner |
| 12 | But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway |
| 13 | ‘ For instance , if you 've been working towards getting a client somewhere to live and they get it and they come back to you and say ‘ Thanks ’ , that is simply amazing , ’ says Frances . |
| 14 | ‘ While you 've been sitting on your intellectual arses alternately pitying yourselves and the so-called workers , it 's my hard work , my money that 's been keeping this country — ’ Stalking off indoors ; the door shuts . |
| 15 | Griddles and flaming wheels seem a pretty soft option when you 've been sitting in pitch darkness with your pants full of scorpions . |
| 16 | In the end , the quacks and medicine men were left with that strange , disembodied feeling you get when you 've been talking for several minutes to someone who is n't there . |