Example sentences of "i 've [adv] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 've been doing this job for so many years , I 've probably been playing the odds too long . ’ |
| 2 | But I 've already been done so |
| 3 | ‘ I 've already been contacted by people as far away from the airport as Holywood and Cultra , as well as many businesses , worried about this possibility , ’ said the City Council Ulster Unionist deputy leader . |
| 4 | I 've already been warned by my dad . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I mean I 'd really like to , but I 've already been shouldered out of the Nativity play . |
| 6 | It 's like , I 've already been asked , and I 've refused , and I want to know why is it people put so much pressure on you to get married ? |
| 7 | I 've already been asked why on earth I 'm taking this job in a rugby town . |
| 8 | Although I have to confess I 've already been working on it . |
| 9 | And I 've already been offered a job as buyer for a group of chain stores which have each got a radio department . |
| 10 | I mean I 've already been offered well three or four jobs already like . |
| 11 | I 've already been offered three or four jobs with salary like you know . |
| 12 | ‘ The truth is , I 've simply been trying not to step on Merry 's toes . |
| 13 | What I mean is that I 've finally been forced to admit that the large-animal side of veterinary practice is still controlled by men . |
| 14 | I 've just been made redundant after 30 years as an engineer with British Telecom . ’ |
| 15 | Well , but I 've just been conversing with ghosts myself . |
| 16 | ‘ I have a feeling I 've just been conned , Father . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've just been posting a letter for poor Mrs. Fanshawe , Sister , ’ she said virtuously . |
| 18 | I 've just been to see one of our early arrivals in his cabin . |
| 19 | ‘ They say things like ‘ I 've just been to see Mum ’ so I must be still in it sort of , ’ she laughs . |
| 20 | I 've just been looking at the end-May figures and notice we 're just about holding our own on the Gesamt . |
| 21 | Ha , I 've just been looking around |
| 22 | ‘ I 've just been hearing about Pat 's epic poem about the ‘ other side ’ , ’ said Alison . |
| 23 | By the way , I 've just been glancing through my fixture list , and it seems to me that the real test of our recent good form will come in December/early January . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've just been asked to take over a leading role in a production that 's been playing in Stratford which they 're taking to the Barbican . |
| 25 | I 've just been taping loads , four . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've just been brewing some coffee — I expect you 'd like a cup . |
| 27 | I 've just been filling in my books and reading all about it . |
| 28 | I 've just been borrowing you . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not quite such a coincidence as I seem , ’ she said , ‘ I 've just been reading my uncle 's book on Aurae Phiala , that 's why I came to have a look at the place for myself . |
| 30 | I 've , I 've just been reading here some books that I 've got upstairs , and stuff , and I I I went to see one of erm Shakespeare 's erm , I went to see a Midnight Summer 's Dream |