Example sentences of "i 've be do " in BNC.

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1 In seven years driving a cab this is the first time I 've been done for anything .
2 on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its .
3 the times I 've been done down in my life it 's been mainly by the white people !
4 I 've been done and Bill 's been done .
5 I 've been doing that . ’
6 ‘ In the seven years I 've been doing this , there 's never been anything like it .
7 They 'll let me in. — I 've been doing for her for years . ’
8 It 's difficult to explain , but I know I 've been doing some thinking about my obligations to my parents , about where I 'm coming from and where I 'm going .
9 I 've been doing very little , but the usual things have been happening all around me . ’
10 I 've been doing my own story all afternoon , and I had to cover the opening of a new computerized diagnosis unit out at Barnet on my way back from the Sillick Memorial . ’
11 I 've been doing that , ’ he grumbled , but returned obediently to his task .
12 Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now .
13 The images I 've been doing over the past few years are like great sculptures , the weather has been getting to them and they are crumbling , their faces have cracks in them .
14 ‘ As far as actually ‘ working out ’ is concerned , I 've been doing a lot this year , but not since rehearsals began because it 's just been so crazed .
15 What I 've been doing is changing the bottom three one day and then the high ones the next ; I never change them all at once because , even though you stretch them in , it still seems the bridge gets unstable . ’
16 ‘ So what I 've been doing today is working on the low B strings in conjunction with our latest invention , which is a device that uses a load cell to monitor the tension of the wrap wire as it 's going on the string .
17 But I often find myself being far less nervous than the artists I 'm supporting , because I 'm so used to gigging ; I 've been doing a steady diet of around four gigs a week to support myself for many years , whereas they make an album then go out on tour every two years . ’
18 ‘ What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components .
19 February 18 — now that the risk of death is so much more increased I 've been doing a spot of philosophising .
20 I 've been doing it for years .
21 The phrase ‘ I 've been doing it all my life ’ may mean ‘ in this role I am confident and feel fulfilled ’ .
22 The images I 've been doing over the past few years are like great sculptures , the weather has been getting to them and they are crumbling , their faces have cracks in them .
23 I 've been doing this character since I was 12 years old , and I used to talk like that .
24 I 've been doing lots of shouting recently and we 've both been unhappy .
25 ‘ But I 've been doing this job for so many years , I 've probably been playing the odds too long . ’
26 I 've been doing roughly three a year since I started writing and that 's twenty-five years .
27 I 've been doing this for around six years now .
28 I 've been doing that for a long , long time .
29 Me , I 've been doing that all my life . ’
30 Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew .
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