Example sentences of "'ve be [v-ing] 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 've been listening to your programme all morning so . |
| 6 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
| 7 | You 've been listening to his scaremongering nonsense . |
| 8 | I 've been listening to you ringing the bell . " |
| 9 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 10 | ‘ So that 's why you 've been clinging to me like a leech all these months . |
| 11 | What you 've done for six long years , and more especially what you 've been doing to me ever since we met again ? ’ |
| 12 | I do n't know what you 've been doing to yourself , girl . |
| 13 | Let's see what they 've been doing to you . |
| 14 | If you 're opting for a perm or colour , always tell your hairdresser what you 've been doing to your hair . |
| 15 | the er the lady that comes to the meetings cos I 've been going to them . |
| 16 | For some time it seems I 've been talking to myself . |
| 17 | You 've been talking to her ! |
| 18 | You 've been talking to him , have n't you ? |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ You 've been talking to someone . ’ |
| 22 | I 've been talking to you myself , you know ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You 've been talking to my wife . |
| 24 | You 've been lying to me all along . ’ |
| 25 | 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 — ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 've been lying to me and covering up for them all along . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been lying to you , we have to talk . ’ |
| 28 | I 've been saying to her well you 'll have to wait she 's been saying her feet hurt , right ? |
| 29 | Mr Harrison said : ‘ Following the closure of the Swan Hunter yard the Government has finally agreed to talk to the EC about getting the same subsidies for all British shipyards that we 've been giving to our competitors in the EC for years . |