Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've been watching too many late-night movies . |
| 2 | You 've been watching too many sick films about psychopaths . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I think you 've been watching too many movies . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I think you 've been watching too much television . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Jacqui , you 've been watching too much television . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've been watching too much Hill Street Blues , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Perhaps I 've been watching too much television yes . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know if Alexandra has told you , but we 've been hoping very much to feature your next collection in our spring bumper issue , ’ Felicity said . |
| 9 | That 's probably the trouble if you 've been eating too much . |
| 10 | They 've been reading too much space fiction . |
| 11 | ‘ I think you 've been reading too many thrillers , Superintendent . ’ |
| 12 | " And you 've been reading too many novels . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've been reading too many Sunday supplements . ’ |
| 14 | We 've been picking up some bad vibes on that guy . |
| 15 | Mr Deputy Speaker how right you are Mr Deputy Speaker , I 've been trying very hard methodically to stick these regulations , unfortunately when you get members ask you direct questions if one does n't get any kind of answer it gives the impression you 're ignoring them . |
| 16 | they 've gave us since we 've been creating that much she 's had been in to see Mr she said and he says oh no he says er that 's not right Brenda , he says er mine are all guaranteed until they 're earning that money he says you ca n't just do it |
| 17 | ‘ You 've been acting bloody peculiar for months now . ’ |
| 18 | We 've been prowling around all day on a level with earthworms and rusty , broken down appliances , pressing our ears against the hot wooden trapdoor to the cellar and hearing the silence of ghosts . |
| 19 | ‘ Maybe you really do have that fast , incisive mind I 've been hearing so much about lately ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been hearing how marvellous you are , ’ said Ricky drily to Violet , ‘ but I 'd no idea how marvellous . |
| 21 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , err … you know , I 've been getting rather anxious about my finals . ’ |
| 23 | I 've been getting up three times . |
| 24 | ’ At the weekends we 've been getting so busy that we hav n't been able to fly all the members . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been getting ready all my life . |
| 26 | We will have to , by law , respond to them , but you ca n't see the Children Act outside of the context of what we 're already doing with our other Children 's Services , as you know from previous discussions we 've had and from keeping track in the papers , over the last eighteen months we 've been recruiting more foster carers , reducing the number of children 's homes , developing preventative services rather than receiving children into care . |
| 27 | I 've been doing roughly three a year since I started writing and that 's twenty-five years . |
| 28 | ‘ You look very pale , ’ she went on ; ‘ you 've been doing too much , my dear . |
| 29 | You 've been doing too much . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been doing very little , but the usual things have been happening all around me . ’ |