Example sentences of "[adv] i 've been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 er I think we get a saturation point and the thing that annoys me is that young fellow who came to the club had a got , we got a special went to the special trouble of getting a for him and I can not get it off him and he lives up Newton way somewhere I 've been to him three times
2 So I 've been onto the bastards today and I said like twenty one days is up and I 've I 've got like twelve hundred pound you know .
3 I said so I 've been to a local firm and he said well if you 'd wanted a job we could 've found you one , so I went to the Co-op and I went in the credit , working in the Co-op credit and er went from there to .
4 I 've always been skiing with my parents , so I 've been to America to visit friends , and that 's not been like sightseeing , or something , and I just have n't been anywhere , and erm , I mean , I suppose I 've been to a lot more countries than a lot of people who 've , you know , there 's a lot of people who have n't
5 So I 've been to Rome and places like that .
6 tunnel , you know , so I 've been through there
7 So I 've been in touch with Brian again erm and I said , ca n't you make sure that your blokes can do it in a day .
8 I 've spent 14 years in East Africa , most of it working with tropical rainforest and its utilisation , so I 've been in Uganda , which is a relatively small country as far as forests are concerned .
9 ‘ Too often I 've been at home practising with a tournament still going on .
10 Then , stretching a point , he declared : ‘ Now I 've been through it all , I have to admit I had a ball . ’
11 I usually have to come in seven o'clock , that 's how I did it and now I 've been over here sort of mucks the whole system so I 've got a driving lesson tomorrow night , I ca n't cancel that
12 Well , now I 've been past many a field of hay but it does n't smell like it used to in my young days .
13 I 've well I 've been to er
14 to his own committee , to his own he would actually say well I 've been to er lead them into having a revolution , to open their eyes and then to motivate them erm now he 's not saying that , he 's saying that
15 Well I 've been off work for a bit and got back to a massive 156 messages from the group !
16 Well I 've been on them Diodides for six year now .
17 Well I 've been on a ship and I 'm not very well !
18 Well I 've been in the Daily Mail 's office , presumably much the same .
19 Well I 've been in eighteen below zero
20 amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it .
21 ‘ Since we broke up a year ago I 've been through so many relationships , and my songs are now a lot more about being really fickle with women , and not knowing who I like , and being really insecure about who likes me . ’
22 Just even I 've been for a wee !
23 then I 've been of accreditation
24 But since then I 've been on a unit of tropical forestry in Oxford Forestry Institute , and I 've been travelling regularly , almost yearly since I 've been there .
25 Since then I 've been in contact with Kate Noble of Age Concern and we 've arranged for her to give a short presentation at the next meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council on Thursday 21st January at 7.30 p.m. in Scorton School .
26 Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing .
27 Sometimes I 've been on the verge , but then the reeling vanished . ’
28 It 's the closest I 've been to my ideal live setup , really .
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