Example sentences of "we 've been [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But we 've been here for thousands of years ! |
| 2 | We 've been here for six months . |
| 3 | Masklin said we 've been here for thousands of years . |
| 4 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
| 5 | Actually , we 've been here for 5 days already , but things have been a bit hectic . |
| 6 | Because we 've been here for the discussion . |
| 7 | Er , that 's alright , let's behave ourselves , I says what about us , we 've been here since quarter to ten waiting for you to come . |
| 8 | Done nothing at all in their house , but since we 've been here in doing this and that , every things been changed now in it ? |
| 9 | We 've been pally for years Sadie . |
| 10 | What we 've been through in the last few years has brought us a lot closer , and that 's part of the reason I 'm getting out of the rat race of international cricket … certainly for a few years , anyway . |
| 11 | Well we 've been on to and they do n't seem to do an awful lot . |
| 12 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 13 | So we moved round every three or at the most four years , and er we we 've been up in Scotland and er Yorkshire , Lancashire , and down East Anglia . |
| 14 | Yolanda said : ‘ We 've been round to the new house and it is lovely . |
| 15 | Yolanda said : ‘ We 've been round to the new house and it is lovely . |
| 16 | so it 's not two in a row yeah , we went right , er we 've been right round looking at all shops this week and we 've had a right bloody go have n't we Alec ? |
| 17 | I 've spoken to Kevin Moran when we 've been away with the Republic of Ireland and he says things there are quite relaxed . |
| 18 | And er if it 's more convenient , if you 've got er a lengthy inquiry , call into any tax office , the nearest one , I 've even called into tax offices when we 've been away for a weekend , just to pick up brochures and things like that . |
| 19 | We 've been away for a long time . |
| 20 | Maybe we 've just misunderstood , even though we 've been around for a long time , my own trades council in Battersea and Wandsworth celebrated its hundredth anniversary this year . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've been apart for a long time . |
| 22 | We 've been in at five past eight , we 've been in past eight . |
| 23 | We 've been in at five past eight , we 've been in past eight . |
| 24 | We 've been so at odds the past few days … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We 've been out of touch for a few days now . |
| 26 | And it comes to the first of August , and Graham gets his car , his new X J S , and I get my new Lada , and we 've been out at midnight doing all this , but we come to the branch in the morning , and he parks his X J S there , and I park my Lada next to it . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've been out on the West Coast where everything 's mellow and laid-back , ’ says Julian , when I ask for his first impressions of NYC . |
| 28 | We 've been out on this balcony a long time , and no one has come to interrupt us . |
| 29 | It 's ages since we 've been out for a drink together , ’ Laura enthused . |
| 30 | I might , for Phil , for Phil to wind down , he 'll come in , say we 've been out for a meal or whatever , he 'll come in and he 'll sit down in front of the television . |