Example sentences of "'ve [adv] been [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 We 've all been waiting for you for hours . ’
2 ‘ But you 've only been talking to them for a little while ! ’ said Angalo .
3 took the first call , but I 've just been speaking to him , and you 'd better have the full picture . ’
4 ‘ I 've just been speaking to my sister .
5 Oh I 've just been listening to your conversation with Dennis and Iris .
6 By the way , I 've just been glancing through my fixture list , and it seems to me that the real test of our recent good form will come in December/early January .
7 Er in fact I have now , Mr has found the er the report which has actually got the traffic assessment e that we 've just been referring to which is er no western relief road but with in an inner northern road .
8 I 've just been thinking about you . "
9 I 've just been going through it really , the textbook .
10 Now you 've just been describing to us Mr about er your leisure activities etcetera and it was sort of confined to the etcetera .
11 I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ?
12 ( We 've just been talking about you .
13 Hello my love we 've just been talking about you .
14 Well no she does n't , I 've just been talking to her .
15 ‘ I 've just been talking to your aunt on the phone .
16 Erm I I 've just been talking to me husband about it .
17 If like one or two of us who are thinking about it you 've already been thinking about it you 've got two or three of these complete already .
18 Although I have to confess I 've already been working on it .
19 I know but you 've not been thinking of me .
20 and says erm we 've not been talking to her it sa she 's not the one to write .
21 ‘ You 've not been playing with us so we have had to learn to play for ourselves . ’
22 I 've always been skiing with my parents , so I 've been to America to visit friends , and that 's not been like sightseeing , or something , and I just have n't been anywhere , and erm , I mean , I suppose I 've been to a lot more countries than a lot of people who 've , you know , there 's a lot of people who have n't
23 But I 've never been talking to you before .
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