Example sentences of "'ve [been] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | All we 've been through this evening |
2 | I 've been over this part twice , and look at the water . ’ |
3 | We 've been over this place time and time again and there 's nowt for them to get . " |
4 | ‘ And where d' you think you 've been to this time of night ? ’ |
5 | Are you sure you 've been to this place before ? " |
6 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |
7 | Most of us who 've been on this council some years will have seen the stress that the labour party brought on a number of senior officers who felt obliged to leave in what I would call distressing circumstances . |
8 | Since I 've been on this course , I 've been on the bus a few times . |
9 | I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years . |
10 | I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done . |
11 | I 've been into this look for quite a while now , I know the rules . |
12 | You 've been round this club now for long enough to have learned something of my reputation . |
13 | ‘ I 've been in this part of the country before , remember , ’ he broke off to explain at Isabel 's surprised stare . |
14 | Celmira : I 've been in this country for fifteen years . |
15 | I 've been in this position loads of times , like . |
16 | I have to say this is the first time I 've been in this position since I took over . ’ |
17 | ‘ We 've been in this situation before , where we 've needed a good result away from home only to lose 1–0 , ’ he said . |
18 | We 've been in this house for about twelve years |
19 | I 've been in this frame of mind for a long time , but no one seems to notice . ’ |
20 | Kerly added : ‘ I 've been in this game for 16 years . |
21 | You 've been in this job too long mate , you 're going senile . |
22 | It 's unfair , Bernard , you 've been in this job much longer than me , what do you think about this new menu for the canteen at Digby 's Ballbearings ? |
23 | 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 . |
24 | I 've been around this house for |