Example sentences of "'ve [be] [vb pp] [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | And that 's what they 've been cut off for . |
2 | you know , I mean they were so good when they came here but I mean they 've been shut in for months now ! |
3 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
4 | Because they 're a year younger than I am , two years younger and they 've been registered now for six , seven , eight , or nine years . |
5 | But , by and large , and Wanda was an exception , all the things in life that I 've most enjoyed have been the things that I 've been paid really very little for , and most of the things that I 've been paid most for have been the least interesting . |
6 | Then you can tell me some more about that book you 've been buried in for the past week . " |
7 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ I 've been let down for tonight . |
8 | He takes yachts from wherever they 've been laid up for the winter to their summer cruising grounds . ’ |
9 | ‘ I 've been arrested twice for blowing the horn , ’ he explained . |
10 | Another thing , perhaps , we should notice right at the very beginning is that Jesus did n't actually speak in pa , in in er , in chapters , and they 've lost , they 've been put in for our convenience , and chapter fifteen is not the beginning of a new incident Jesus had already been speaking to the people , he had been teaching them in chapter fourteen . |