Example sentences of "but i '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 .
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