Example sentences of "'ve been [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been writing to each other for eight years but had never met until this year . |
| 2 | They will also completely cover up imperfections , have good sound and heat insulation properties and , if they 've been treated with protective spray , will last for years and years — long after paint has become chipped and discoloured , and paper faded . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been watching over this project since its inception . |
| 4 | No he said , I ca n't give it back to you , you 're the person that I 've been looking for all my life . |
| 5 | I 've been looking for that all week ! |
| 6 | Yeah I know but Marks and Spencers are a crap shop I do n't care if they go out of business they 're a rip off anyway , they 're so expensive , such crap clothes , they 're so common , that 's the word I 've been looking for common , that 's my word of the week I think er common common , does it not get to ya looking like everyone else ? |
| 7 | We 've been looking for this car as part of a murder investigation . |
| 8 | Yes I 've been looking at that and thinking we 'll take it , mm |
| 9 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 10 | they would allow me half now erm I 've been looking at one particular church , one denomination er , which is the Methodist Church , although it has been said already here this afternoon , or this morning rather there are an overall erm joint style with Methodist and with United Reform Church and erm I have personally the Methodist of last year , last September where it gives and also erm , mileage recommendations . |
| 11 | Okay right , so what we 've been looking at this week is trade in agricultural commodities , and er , possibly a little bit of GATT as well . |
| 12 | Yes , I 've been , I 've been looking at this and see what I can play . |
| 13 | " I 've been looking at these holes . |
| 14 | I 've been looking at some of the lines not as lines , but as things he has touched . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been looking at some of those paraffin convector heaters . |
| 16 | I 've been looking at some of the old programmes that some of the fans brought from those shows , and it was interesting to look back and see the people that I travelled with . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But I am a bit disappointed that while we 've been appealing for new directors nobody from the town has come forward . ’ |
| 18 | They 'd be secondhand shoes because they 've been worn for three days . |
| 19 | Get a bit of sympathy cos I 've been asked for eight by you . |
| 20 | Oh you 've been asked after that . |
| 21 | Not necessarily for us yet , but we 've been asked by Special Branch to take it on board . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been living on odd bits and pieces , ’ he says , ‘ as well as the proceeds of my first novel . ’ |
| 23 | " Lord , I feel as if I 've been living with this case for ever ! " |
| 24 | Register Office , handful of guests , parents optional , drink-up at couple 's house ( in which they 've been living for several years already ) . |
| 25 | And I 've been living for seven years ! |
| 26 | She thought : I 've been living like this for years . |
| 27 | — We 've been living in this flat over a year Duncan . |
| 28 | For nine years , I 've been living in unwedded bliss with my partner Christian . |
| 29 | They 've been marching with full-time soldiers in Horseguards Parade . |
| 30 | ‘ You 've been playin' with that for hours . ’ |