Example sentences of "but [pers pn] 've been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 've been up the road every day this week , not shopping but just out for a walk , you know ? |
| 2 | I should have called round sooner but I 've been on holiday and only returned yesterday to hear the news . |
| 3 | But I 've been on an immense number of statutory instruments upstairs er and everybody says they 're greatly needed , they usually say they 're greatly needed because they want to go out in three or four minutes and ten thirty comes and ten thirty five they 're out . |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry , but I 've been at it all day . ’ |
| 5 | But I 've been at it for 15 years . |
| 6 | Well , this is the thing , we have a caretaker but er fo for his services , but I 've been at the council and I have got nowhere , I have from the corporation , there 's an awful lot of people complaining but they 'll do nothing about it ! |
| 7 | Well , I feel better than I was , but I 've been at Haywoods Heath which was a religious community |
| 8 | I 've never been on tour , but I 've been to the visitor 's centre , and |
| 9 | I mean , I am not that involved with this , but I 've been following that . |
| 10 | I mean , you could learn , but I 've been down that road and I do n't want you to follow . |
| 11 | I have n't been away , but I 've been off work like |
| 12 | But I 've been through it a dozen , twenty times already . |
| 13 | I mean we did n't have any damp or anything in erm our flat , but I 've been in some of the downstairs ones , where they were very very damp . |
| 14 | But I 've been in there since the beginning . |
| 15 | But I 've been in the wood for many years and there is a lot more to read than what I keep in the shaman 's lodge . |
| 16 | ‘ I was here in good shape , but I 've been in good shape at other championships and failed . |
| 17 | What excellent company you keep in recommending Chambers — not all of them are quite politically correct but I 've been after the broadest sweep possible . |
| 18 | Rain said : ‘ But you 've been on his yacht , have n't you ? ’ |
| 19 | I know this is your first day , but you 've been in the wards ? ’ |
| 20 | " Oh , but you 've been in bed ! " she exclaimed as soon as she went round the angle . |
| 21 | Now , you may not realize it but you 've been in civil litigation and criminal litigation , you 've been doing advocacy all term . |
| 22 | ‘ But we 've been with Terry and Tom who are held by Jihad Islami , yes ? ’ |
| 23 | Well we 've never been this place before , but we 've been on a similar do . |
| 24 | A. There are , but we 've been in this business for nearly 200 years and pride ourselves in the fact that we have probably dealt with every known problem that has ever arisen . |
| 25 | The cardboard mostly rotted away , but they 've been in the ground for no more than 20 years and the bomb experts say they 're not military . |