Example sentences of "'ve be [verb] on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I do 'appen to 'ave good legs , and I 've been complimented on me knees too . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 've been bitten on your bottom . |
| 3 | ‘ I hope you do n't feel I 've been spying on you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ While you 've been sitting on your intellectual arses alternately pitying yourselves and the so-called workers , it 's my hard work , my money that 's been keeping this country — ’ Stalking off indoors ; the door shuts . |
| 5 | Now that was about two weeks ago and I 've been sitting on it meaning to , to write to the press and say how disgusting it was . |
| 6 | The students are coming to the end of their additional assessments now : they 've been working on their projects since December . |
| 7 | I 've been working on her image for some time now . |
| 8 | Like the grave-diggers in Hamlet , they speculated on life : ‘ We 've been working on it for 25 years and we still have n't got round . |
| 9 | I 've got three people working on it right now and they 've been working on it for three years . |
| 10 | I 've been working on it for most of the week , so do n't make me mess it up . |
| 11 | I knew those had been painted over ten years before , I said to him , ‘ Is this an old painting or a new painting ? ’ and he said , ‘ Well , I 've been working on it . ’ |
| 12 | You 've been working on it , Ingrid , yes , with your teacher ? ’ |
| 13 | Wew 've been working on it for a long time , polticals issues are nothing to do with us , we 're a commercial company |
| 14 | I 've been concentrating on my technique , so soon I could try working straight on to the plate . |
| 15 | ‘ Since the turn of the year — and not before ! — I 've been concentrating on my retirement , while my wife Irene continues part-time mid-wifery , ’ says Bob . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been checking on you , Angel , ’ he started , quietly but firmly . |