Example sentences of "and [pers pn] 've been [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got a trainee manager at the moment and I 've been trying to he 's just making such a balls up it 's easier not to . |
| 2 | ‘ When we have our celebration , it reminds me of Lourdes , and I 've been going to Lourdes since 1961 . |
| 3 | And I 've been going to the shop and changing a note every time for the change . |
| 4 | And I 've been ordered to . |
| 5 | And I 've been running to the toilet , five times yesterday , five times , really bad . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , ’ he said disarmingly , ‘ I may be the devil , but I do n't drink and I 've been married to the same woman for 40 years , so I ca n't be that bad . ’ |
| 7 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 8 | This County Council failed to do it from the time , time it was formed until eighty-five ; it failed even to address the problem , never mind do it , and we 've been trying to , to sort of do some catching up . |
| 9 | And we 've been saying to Chief Executives , if you ca n't get the profit or you ca n't get the sales , well at least concentrate on trying to , trying to get the cash , get the debtors in , that kind of thing . |
| 10 | ‘ And we 've been recommended to you by one of your staff , I believe . |
| 11 | They 've bought up two hundred thousand tonnes of the crop … and they 've been asked to fork out for another two hundred fifty thousand tonnes . |