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

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1 I 've been here for years and this is the first conversation I 've had with a human for simply ages .
2 Er , that 's alright , let's behave ourselves , I says what about us , we 've been here since quarter to ten waiting for you to come .
3 I 'm , I 'm asking , I 've been here since Saturday
4 ‘ I 've been here in Ralarth a fair while now , ’ he began , and the others stared at him .
5 I could easily have been overawed , I 've been thoroughly on edge all week .
6 " You 've been away for ages , " she says .
7 During the time that you 've been away from work you have certainly not been ‘ not working ’ — you have undertaken a whole host of activities which happen to have been unpaid .
8 In terms of erm , return to work , er , we also er have been very good , I think , in the sense that we now offer the twenty-five per cent bonus er , after pregnancy , do n't get me wrong on that , er , what happens is , people are actually recompensed , given back the money which they 've sacrificed because they 've been away from work for six months , and they get is back over the next two years .
9 Do n't worry , they 've been away from England for ten years …
10 I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home
11 We 've been pally for years Sadie .
12 now , I mean you 've been very to Neil over the last year or so and I mean now it 's time to get his act together .
13 And I 've been there since Alpha and I every year I 've looked out and watched the form twos .
14 Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ?
15 They 've been twice to Scotland , but no well they went there when they come from Australia , instead of coming straight here .
16 ‘ And very careful they 've been too about period detail , Dr Cameron . ’
17 I 've been all over England , Wales and Scotland too — though not Northern Ireland …
18 We 've been so at odds the past few days … ’
19 No matter what Bob says or Harry or any other member of the Conservative group , and I accept that they 've always been consistent on it the same as the Labour group has always been consistently against the merger I accept that they 've been consistently in favour of a total merger .
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