Example sentences of "[noun pl] you [verb] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How do you propose to raise the money when for the past months you 've been claiming that it just was n't possible ? ’ |
| 2 | The main argument or basic responses you have been searching for are short statements which represent a stance or attitude to the question . |
| 3 | But as the owner of one of the sites you 've been turning over , could you be more specific about what they 're looking for ? |
| 4 | You may find you can develop this into tits and finches you have been watching . |
| 5 | In the past 30 days you have been training your body to work at its optimum potential ; and you will now have a good idea of what you can achieve by using the Walking Diet recipes and aerobic walking . |
| 6 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 7 | Cos the various things you 've been saying about the rich peasant economy , I mean |
| 8 | The things you 've been saying about him . |
| 9 | If you are able to prevent the things you have been doing , then you are already half–Nay to your goal . |
| 10 | I 've noticed that some of the apples you 've been getting from Safeway have n't been very good . |
| 11 | There 's Rodney 's Amstrad computer for starters , which would solve all those book-keeping problems you 've been 'aving . |
| 12 | ‘ And how , ’ demanded Hugh over his midday table , ‘ are we to take this chapter of wonders you 've been unfolding this morning ? |
| 13 | You were going to look at ways of classifying the short stories you 've been looking at , when y , sort of , to look at similarities between short stories , like which ones deal with husband and wife relationships , which ones are about loneliness , I mean , use your paper , it 's it 's only there for scrap paper , you have n't got to produce something that 's gon na be pinned up on the wall . |
| 14 | Now go and relax in your dressing-room for a little while — try a few of those deep-breathing exercises you 've been telling me about . |
| 15 | Try saying : ‘ I find it difficult to handle the put-downs you 've been giving me . |
| 16 | How the dickens you 've been listening |
| 17 | Elean : I presume the sexist laws you have been describing also apply to white women in South Africa . |
| 18 | At the moment if you talk to women , the women you 've been talking about , about going into parliament , I mean it 's a laugh , is n't it ? |
| 19 | Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out . |
| 20 | The other ones you 've been doing have been pretty easy . |
| 21 | Horizontal and vertical number lines like the ones you have been using are put together to describe or plot positions on a graph . |
| 22 | She was brought back to her mother 's voice , as though enticing her , yet with a slight sneer in it now , saying , ‘ It would give you an opportunity to wear some of those clothes you 've been spending your money on lately . ’ |
| 23 | Knuckle down to any jobs you 've been promising all and sundry to do , but have secretly been avoiding like the plague . |
| 24 | All the jobs you 've been meaning to do |
| 25 | Spring is also the ideal time to do all those jobs you have been putting off all winter . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's the same shit they used on you — the Doctor analysed some of it he scraped off the stones you 'd been handling . ’ |
| 27 | So that few minutes at the end is important for picking up these extra marks you 've been trying to throw away , okay , where you can do it , and the few minutes at the beginning is to look through and find that question wherever it was , that one on the last page . |