Example sentences of "'ve be [verb] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today I 've been thinking to myself , I 've only got the sleeves to put in that dress — when am I going to have the time to do it' ? |
| 2 | So , you know what these girls are , they sort of I personally , you know , as it were a trained scientist , a certified chemist who you tend to , to take a , a slightly er diagnostic view of things , but that 's not quite right , but you take a slightly objective view of things and I , I , I , I 've been thinking to myself ah it is rotten unfair on girls because sometimes sort of between about fifteen and twenty five , but now I suppose because they 're all growing up so much earlier it 's between ten and twenty , they have a pretty monumental change , they , and , and it 's not a bundle of laughs but they can talk to their friends , they can see their friends and talk to their mothers , they can get a vague way it 's gon na affect them and they can you know , sort of , let's say twenty , twenty five settle into a routine which has variations every , during the four weeks and they vary between individuals , I mean it 's well known |
| 3 | I 've got a trainee manager at the moment and I 've been trying to he 's just making such a balls up it 's easier not to . |
| 4 | And then , secondly t to just sort of mention the erm perhaps the more traditional ways of of working with people once they 've been sent to you by the courts . |
| 5 | As for The Roches , we 've been big , big fans of theirs since way back — I 've been listening to them since I was about 13 . |
| 6 | I 've been listening to your programme all morning so . |
| 7 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
| 8 | You 've been listening to his scaremongering nonsense . |
| 9 | I 've been listening to you ringing the bell . " |
| 10 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 11 | ‘ So that 's why you 've been clinging to me like a leech all these months . |
| 12 | What you 've done for six long years , and more especially what you 've been doing to me ever since we met again ? ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know what you 've been doing to yourself , girl . |
| 14 | Let's see what they 've been doing to you . |
| 15 | If you 're opting for a perm or colour , always tell your hairdresser what you 've been doing to your hair . |
| 16 | the er the lady that comes to the meetings cos I 've been going to them . |
| 17 | ‘ And we 've been recommended to you by one of your staff , I believe . |
| 18 | For some time it seems I 've been talking to myself . |
| 19 | You 've been talking to her ! |
| 20 | You 've been talking to him , have n't you ? |
| 21 | What k what kind what 's changed in the short time are the things Wh when I 've been talking to them about the publicity you said that , The last few years there 's there has been |
| 22 | Richard Lewis , oh yes Sir , er , yes Sir , I 've just seen the figures , I 've been talking to them about it , oh yes , I 've told them exactly what 's wrong , but they do n't seem able to well yes Sir , I know it 's not good enough , but what can you do if you 've got idiots working for yo , what 's that , oh no Sir , I 'm not asking you , what , hello . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've been talking to someone . ’ |
| 24 | I 've been talking to you myself , you know ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You 've been talking to my wife . |
| 26 | I mean , the District Council have taken over Scottish Homes , they 've been passed to them , in Falkirk and Mid-Lothian recently . |
| 27 | You 've been lying to me all along . ’ |
| 28 | Even after what I just learned I could n't believe you 've been lying to me since we met — that I was coming back to ask you — ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 've been lying to me and covering up for them all along . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been lying to you , we have to talk . ’ |