Example sentences of "[adv] i 've be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But latterly I 've been here very little ; in fact it must be at least fifteen years since I stayed here for any length of time … |
| 2 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
| 3 | I said that 's fuck all right I 've been down the canteen . |
| 4 | er I think we get a saturation point and the thing that annoys me is that young fellow who came to the club had a got , we got a special went to the special trouble of getting a for him and I can not get it off him and he lives up Newton way somewhere I 've been to him three times |
| 5 | I do n't know , basically I 've been working so hard and pushing so hard I have n't really slowed down to even think about what I 'm doing with my work . |
| 6 | Perhaps I 've been infected by those damned journalists . ’ |
| 7 | But perhaps I 've been misinformed , like , for I understand you do n't read the Bible . ’ |
| 8 | But perhaps I 've been wrong . |
| 9 | ‘ Necromancy , ’ he said , lowering his voice , ‘ Do you know , I never believed in that hoary old tale about necromancy sucking all the goodness and all the warmth from everything , but perhaps I 've been wrong . |
| 10 | Perhaps I 've been wrong about him , after all ! |
| 11 | Perhaps I 've been watching too much television yes . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps I 've been a little obtuse , Fran . ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps I 've been wrong about him . ’ |
| 14 | It might be my fault , perhaps I 've been rushing around too much cos that affects your milk supply of course . |
| 15 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 16 | Probably the only thing is obviously I 've been there a while now so any previous employment and the people that were there are n't there any longer . |
| 17 | Well mainly cos of me mum of an evening , cos she 's not been too good , so I 've been up and down . |
| 18 | She shows some talent , or so I 've been told . |
| 19 | * So I 've been a bad boy at times but they reckon I ca n't walk out on a job if I 'm in the Jungle and Matt 's temperamental which means he does n't normally work unless they give him a hamper full of white powder but he seems to have kicked it and there are n't too many dealers swinging through the trees like Tarzan out here . |
| 20 | I said so I 've been to a local firm and he said well if you 'd wanted a job we could 've found you one , so I went to the Co-op and I went in the credit , working in the Co-op credit and er went from there to . |
| 21 | so I 've been putting them in the washing machine so maybe |
| 22 | so I 've been advised to stop that , hence it 's on the agenda . |
| 23 | So I 've been biding my time . |
| 24 | ‘ Or so I 've been told . ’ |
| 25 | and you put the cluster of wool in it and pull it back and it 's like little bobbles of wool and er I 've got a beige and a brown I 've done it with it will look nice you know , it will come right here , it 's a beautiful rug , quite nice , so I 've been busy and I make coat hangers |
| 26 | So I 've been in touch with Brian again erm and I said , ca n't you make sure that your blokes can do it in a day . |
| 27 | So I 've been left with a load of tapes , batteries . |
| 28 | Well I went dow back down the Road cos there was a traffic jam and er I sort of went down oh sorry mate went down a road like which I thought was a good short cut , and they 've got a lot of these roads and they 've put like pavements across the end of them with bollards , and I went back and then there was a traffic jam and I got stuck because they were unloading a lorry so I 've been er basically pissed about . |
| 29 | It 's just the way they roll the curler on so I 've been told but erm whether it 's simple as that or not I do n't know . |
| 30 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |