Example sentences of "'ve be [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 2 | I 've been looking for a pair of doctor martins ca n't find any . |
| 3 | Oh I du n no , I 've been looking at a few , not that probably , not in the top ten |
| 4 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 5 | If you 've been thinking about a career in hairdressing and need some professional advice without parting with any cash , the new video from Hair by Alan d may be just the answer . |
| 6 | I 've been thinking like a crook . ’ |
| 7 | This includes women who 've been trying for a test tube baby , have a history of pelvic inflammatory disease or sexually transmitted diseases , have suffered previous ectopic pregnancy , or surgery on their tubes , and those who 've had infertility problems . |
| 8 | We 've been acting on a |
| 9 | That would have made an impression at a literary party , but the old trout just replied , ‘ Silly boy , I do n't think you 've been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 10 | For house physician John Bery , the day begins at Cheltenham General Hospital when he puts on a pedometer.He 's one of a group of doctors who 've been helping in a survey of the distances covered while on duty.Soon Dr Bery is heading for a ward at the opposite end of the hospital.It 's the first of many long walks along the corridors during the day.The problem at Cheltenham general is identical to many other hospitals … where an old Victorian block has been extended with newer buildings forcing doctors to travel great distances from department to department . |
| 11 | → It seems to me , Dave , that you 've been labouring under a bit of a misapprehension . |
| 12 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 13 | You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’ |
| 14 | Aggie 's friend knows about him , but , as he said , they ca n't pin anything on to him ; they 've been tryin' for a long time . |
| 15 | ‘ Dr Williams said , ‘ You 've been spoiling for a fight , now you 've got it ’ ’ . |
| 16 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 17 | The Cult only ever had one truly great riff of their own — ‘ She Sells Sanctuary ’ — but on ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Sonic Temple ’ they at least had the intelligence to plunder the repertoires of The Stones and Zeppelin , here , they sound like they 've been dipping into a library of unreleased Uriah Heep doodlings … uninspired , to say the least . |
| 18 | We 've been growing at a fairly significant rate considering we 've only been back about five years . |
| 19 | You 've been sitting behind a desk for too long . |
| 20 | You 've been sitting in a side road waiting to come out , and you see a vehicle coming along and it 's got its left-hand indicator on and you think Oh lovely ! |
| 21 | I know times I get it , like maybe just at one side , if I 've been sitting in a hard seat |
| 22 | You 've been behaving like a commodity broker on Black Thursday , have n't you ? |
| 23 | I know I 've been behaving like a pig , comme un porco , for a bit , but please read all my letters from the Jungle and you 'll see I 'm a changed man . |
| 24 | I do n't know what 's got into you , but you 've been behaving like a caged lioness all morning . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been walking for a week . ’ |
| 26 | This is a firm and they 've been going for a number of years . |
| 27 | ‘ You 've been slaving like a scullery maid . ’ |
| 28 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 29 | Probably wo n't come as a surprise to you , but er , I 've been working on a training system . |
| 30 | Senior Midland area and I 've been working on a job in Coventry which is basically work er what I hope to get mainly out of this course is an increased level of personal confidence so I can overcome basic nervousness when speaking . |