Example sentences of "you 've be [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 And he added , in a voice that would have done credit to an elder of the Wee Frees , ‘ If he is yer brother , then ye 've been committin' incest .
2 Whether you have to make urgent repairs to your car or pay for that holiday you 've been saving for , you can get money out of your account without giving us any notice at all — and you wo n't lost any interest .
3 Now what is the point of saving money if you 're in a job and you 're worried about being made redundant when , if you become redundant you are ineligible for housing benefit because you 've been saving money .
4 You 've been weeping .
5 So , this is the secret you 've been incubating , Roirbak , Jahsaxa thought , curled in her office late at night , turning a glass of rich , golden mezcal in her hands .
6 → It seems to me , Dave , that you 've been labouring under a bit of a misapprehension .
7 As soon as you get the good news you 've been hoping for , accept it .
8 I fancy you 've been enjoying yourself just as much as I have . ’
9 and then you were inveigled to the R and D and then you inveigled to become a Vice Chair , and today you 've been handling the ceremony so well , we 've had to keep you in cotton wool to make sure that er , that you kept your health .
10 You 've been snorin' in that chair all efternoon , John Williamson , ’ his wife said , lifting the old coat off his knees .
11 ‘ Wait here a minute , bo' , ’ I said ; ‘ I 'll tell you what : you 've been a-braggin' again , have n't you ? ’
12 What what have you got tell me what you 've been ironing Marjorie I want to know what what sort of things ?
13 You 've been encouraging it up to now , on a few occasions up to now .
14 I suppose you 've been whistling today
15 while you 've been swearing and that been going ever so , police 'll be round tomorrow
16 Me having tied up the whole of this campaign while you 've been whooping it up in Valencia — ? ’
17 Erm there 's also a very strange statement in paragraph which says that the nineteen sixty eight act is intended to provide a network of sites to enable gypsies to move around or settle , but in practice many gypsies are settled on permanent sites and it seems to me that that is the logical result of having insufficient pitches in that if th you know there are n't enough pitches for you , you are not going to get up and go from a permanent that you 've been living on and move off in case you ca n't one somewhere else and that seems to be the inevitable logic of the government 's own failure to make sure that there is adequate provisions in local sites .
18 ‘ It 's not just what you wrote that hurts us , Lizzy , it 's the way you 've been living a lie all this time . ’
19 All this time you 've been living a dream , and now you 've seen that dream in the flesh you torment yourself even more . ’
20 just since you 've been living here ?
21 While you 've been living it up in the lap of luxury — ’
22 You 've been living here as long as I have , she thought .
23 It 's been a up , in fact , you 've been living off the people , in in in other words .
24 providing , and you 've been living off capital in that way , and and and I 'm not prepared to do that , but I do think there is strong case for borrowing , er , providing it 's kept in in that in in er er under control at this time , and borrowing , I may feel that we will be able to be in a much better position to take our capital receipts and use them advantageously in the future .
25 What kind of citizens charter is introduced on the back of denying you the right to even challenge the people who are providing the services , or could restrict the right of your family to be together , or the right for you to travel to the country where you 've been living ?
26 I see you 've got no carpets down anywhere the door 's not painted and he said you 've been living here for two years !
27 ‘ Paul , you 've been drinking whisky .
28 And she sent me down to the Headmistress and she says , ‘ You 've been drinking , have n't you ?
29 You 've been drinking again .
30 ‘ Would I be right in thinking you 've been drinking , young sir ? ’
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