Example sentences of "[adv] i 've been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Perhaps I 've been watching too much television yes . |
| 4 | Perhaps I 've been infected by those damned journalists . ’ |
| 5 | It might be my fault , perhaps I 've been rushing around too much cos that affects your milk supply of course . |
| 6 | But perhaps I 've been misinformed , like , for I understand you do n't read the Bible . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 8 | So I 've been biding my time . |
| 9 | So I 've been trying , I 've been trying to sort of , I I was arguing saying , I do n't think that 's true . |
| 10 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 11 | She shows some talent , or so I 've been told . |
| 12 | ‘ Or so I 've been told . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | So I 've been left with a load of tapes , batteries . |
| 15 | We 've gone back quickly so I 've been informed that build that 's definite starting on the twentieth of March . |
| 16 | so I 've been advised to stop that , hence it 's on the agenda . |
| 17 | so I 've been putting them in the washing machine so maybe |
| 18 | and literally I 've been working |
| 19 | I 've got to make him feel that finally I 've been touched by his chivalry and so on and so on … |
| 20 | says explaining why he had come to earth Jesus told the Roman governor Pontius Pilate , will thus I 've been born and for this purpose I have come out of the world that I should bear witness to the truth , but what particular truth was Jesus sent to earth to make no man , first just about his heavenly father , he taught his followers to pray that his father name be hallowed or hell holy and he prayed , I have made your name manifest to the man you gave me , also he said I must declare the good news with the kingdom of God , because for this I was sent forth , so what truths did Jesus come to er , to tell ? |
| 21 | Already I 've been lined up to do 12 presentations to clubs and coaching conventions . |
| 22 | ‘ Lately I 've been getting a hankering to play country music again , so I 've got together with a friend and put together a fun band called Modern Farmer . |
| 23 | I was shown round the building although there was a performance on by a very pleasant elderly doorman who 's not here any more I 've been coming ever since . |
| 24 | stuff keep the half way up my back its all padding and stuff and I 've rolled over , as I 've rolled over there 's been another one it has gone off , it felt like I 've been kicked in the back by somebody really having a go at me , it threw me and even with all that I had a like that so there not , there not kiddy toys . |
| 25 | There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise . |
| 26 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 27 | Various episodes in his life end in cliff-hangers , a la Neighbours and Dallas , and often I 've been asked whether a certain story line has advanced any further . |
| 28 | I came here with full agreements in order to get this convoy to Cerska and so far I 've been blocked at every turn . ’ |
| 29 | I did n't take much notice of it the first few years after I left school , but now I 've been gone , what , fifteen years or so , I find quite a lot of interest in what 's happened . |
| 30 | I 've been doin' all sorts of jobs since then , and livin' in all sorts of lodgings , and now I 've been chucked out of me last place because I did n't 'ave any job or any money . |