Example sentences of "[noun pl] you 've be [verb] " 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 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Cos the various things you 've been saying about the rich peasant economy , I mean |
| 5 | The things you 've been saying about him . |
| 6 | I 've noticed that some of the apples you 've been getting from Safeway have n't been very good . |
| 7 | There 's Rodney 's Amstrad computer for starters , which would solve all those book-keeping problems you 've been 'aving . |
| 8 | ‘ And how , ’ demanded Hugh over his midday table , ‘ are we to take this chapter of wonders you 've been unfolding this morning ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Try saying : ‘ I find it difficult to handle the put-downs you 've been giving me . |
| 12 | How the dickens you 've been listening |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The other ones you 've been doing have been pretty easy . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | On the special report , section and industrial conferences you 've been recommended to accept by the C E C. |
| 18 | Knuckle down to any jobs you 've been promising all and sundry to do , but have secretly been avoiding like the plague . |
| 19 | All the jobs you 've been meaning to do |
| 20 | 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 . |