Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] 've been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I 've been at meetings where they ( IMG ) have said ‘ We 'll hand you ( rugby ) a cheque for $2 million ( £800,000 ) for the year . |
| 2 | I 've been I mean I 've been trying to give our a bit of a hand whenever i can , in |
| 3 | I I mean I mean I 've been up since half past three this morning , |
| 4 | No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago |
| 5 | Well it does , I mean it 's it 's I mean I 've been there about just over three years , three and a half years . |
| 6 | well okay well just to wind up , I mean I 've been involved in this and people within the R Y A and the office for a good six months now and we fell well down the line , the reality is hardly any courses have started yet and there 's hardly any youngsters been on the water . |
| 7 | Well , I , I , I mean I 've been to one , to a meeting , they had in Manchester a few years ago , Irene 's been to some . |
| 8 | I mean I 've been in two shops now there 's fifty pound difference like , you know |
| 9 | I mean I 've been doing outside jobs to get , you know , I mean , like doing festivals |
| 10 | Yes but to me it 's old stuff Brenda I mean I 've been hearing this kind of conversation in number between chaps coming in to mend things |
| 11 | I mean I 've been doing that for ever since we 've been on . |
| 12 | It 's stupid , I mean I 've been a driving instructor seventeen year , and I 'm not allowed to teach over here . |
| 13 | with all those redundancies a couple of months ago , I thought that 'll be it , I mean I 've been there |
| 14 | You mean I 've been doing them wrong all the way ? |
| 15 | I mean I 've been in more pubs than I 'd say longer than most people who drink a lot and er you know it 's just be I think music and and song is the big addiction in Ireland not the drink but because er it it the chances of a music session starting in a pub is just you know the chances are that it probably will at some stage of the day . |
| 16 | I mean I 've been in quite a bad mood this week actually but it 's really , like you know standing up for myself cos anyone that 's rude to me now gets it right back in their face . |
| 17 | I mean I 've been doing it for such a long time now it 's important to me to go on doing it , but then that might be rather like it 's important for you to go on doing physics , is n't it ? |
| 18 | And then again , if I 've been shut away in the Prison of Hostages , I expect I 've been away for quite a time . |
| 19 | Sheena , can I be the odd one out and say I 've been in love with one man for forty five years , I have n't heard any body saying any thing very nice about that , I would like to say its wonderful . |
| 20 | If I take a bus into town during my lunch break to do some shopping I have to remember to throw away the bus ticket or he 'll ask me where I 've been , and when I say I 've been shopping , he 'll say he does n't believe me . |
| 21 | and they say I 've been waiting seventeen years for this pollack , or having your tooth out or having your tonsils extracted |
| 22 | That 's right yes , as I say I 've been left back and I won very comfortable , but in the middle I 'm a lot more comfortable . |
| 23 | My long-suffering boss said the other day , ‘ pity you 've been poorly ever since you 've been fit ! ’ |
| 24 | " I expect you 've been watching those " Bleakland " programmes , have n't you , Grandmother ? " |
| 25 | ‘ I expect you 've been too busy . ’ |
| 26 | I say you 've been thank you very much . |
| 27 | I might , for Phil , for Phil to wind down , he 'll come in , say we 've been out for a meal or whatever , he 'll come in and he 'll sit down in front of the television . |
| 28 | I expect they 've been in the gallery have n't you ? |
| 29 | Like , say they 've been out on a run and there 's a call , they say they ca n't go out because they 're not in uniform and are all sweaty ’ ( FN 26/5/87 , p. 27 ) . |
| 30 | Martin and Koda plan just as ambitious a schedule of costume exhibitions at their new home — three per year — and they say they 've been given a mandate to do that . |