Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] 've been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing , but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the university and to sort of expand my contacts , and the Meeting House is one of those places which is open to the general public on Sundays for religious worship . |
| 2 | I had n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the University and to sort of expand my contacts . |
| 3 | They may want security , er one case I 've been del dealing with they wanted the share certificates depositing by way of some security for instance . |
| 4 | you see , so yeah and er we used to have as I say er , well for instance I 've been up in the office . |
| 5 | That 's the excuse I 've been giving , and |
| 6 | Well , I 'll have to find a place to lay my cropped and weary head for the night , wo n't I. This is the bit I 've been trying not to think about . |
| 7 | about an hour I 've been out there . |
| 8 | For almost half an hour I 've been trying to get them out , but it 's impossible . ’ |
| 9 | Of course I 've been listening , ’ Algy said to Len . |
| 10 | ‘ Of course I 've been watching you . |
| 11 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 12 | I 've been round once , of course I 've been round once you pratt |
| 13 | Up our way , they all give you feedback , like you know , several branches in like , the North , every branch I 've been into , there 's always been positive feedback , and negative and positive . |
| 14 | I 'm growing mine at the moment for a part I 've been playing , which accounts for its condition . |
| 15 | ‘ Is your husband 's trip to Milan connected with this Japanese deal I 've been hearing about ? ’ he asked . |
| 16 | All that expensive coaching I 've been having , and yet I 'm still no match for you . |
| 17 | The fame of mind I 've been in from the beginning , ’ he says , ‘ is a belief in the spirit : it moves me , it 's in my heart . |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe you really do have that fast , incisive mind I 've been hearing so much about lately ? ’ |
| 19 | Right from the beginning of my career as a journalist I 've been writing about gender issues from the male point of view . |
| 20 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 21 | I 'm Andrew Panting , the Information Officer for the University , and for this first programme I 've been joined by Ted Nakhle and Lawrence Suss . |
| 22 | Well I 'm hoping that , that tape I 've been using when I go to Ian and Shaun 's , that er the noise of Rangers does nay it ma goes too loud , you know . |
| 23 | And now I have to interrupt the first bit of pleasure I 've been able to take in I do n't know how long and put you all to right . |
| 24 | But I do n't know what wind you 've been listening to . |
| 25 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 26 | I I the retail 's not within what we 've been talking about this afternoon but on the other hand it does employ more people per hectare than any industry we 've been talking about as as far as as far as I understand it . |
| 27 | Erm the housing need figure we 've been working on for Greater York has been nine thousand seven hundred and that 's been based on the parishes within the Greater York study area . |
| 28 | In essence we 've been hit by something like a double whammy over the S S As . |
| 29 | All the buying they 've been doing must be starting to hurt . |
| 30 | I think , Chairman , that 's still subject to approval by the E A B , erm , which is at the end of the day , the important party that has to be satisfied , so , these are very successful negotiations , but we , we 're still awaiting erm , confirmation they 've been accepted . |