Example sentences of "you 've be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've been weeping . |
| 4 | ‘ Because you 've been pushed around so often . ’ |
| 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 | You 've protested to the nation and you 've been noted . |
| 8 | As soon as you get the good news you 've been hoping for , accept it . |
| 9 | Even if you 've been turned down elsewhere . |
| 10 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 11 | I fancy you 've been enjoying yourself just as much as I have . ’ |
| 12 | it 's as if you 've been anaesthetized ! |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's no cash left , you 've been caned . |
| 15 | I 'm sorry you 've been kept waiting so long . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've been snorin' in that chair all efternoon , John Williamson , ’ his wife said , lifting the old coat off his knees . |
| 17 | ‘ Wait here a minute , bo' , ’ I said ; ‘ I 'll tell you what : you 've been a-braggin' again , have n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | It 's easier once you 've been done . |
| 19 | Actually it 's easier once you 've been done cos then you have an appreciation of what 's |
| 20 | What what have you got tell me what you 've been ironing Marjorie I want to know what what sort of things ? |
| 21 | You 've been encouraging it up to now , on a few occasions up to now . |
| 22 | I suppose you 've been whistling today |
| 23 | while you 've been swearing and that been going ever so , police 'll be round tomorrow |
| 24 | ‘ You 've been warned , ’ said Derek as he walked slowly away . |
| 25 | ‘ And now you 've been warned off , which confirms your suspicions . ’ |
| 26 | Stealing other people 's work is n't funny , and the next person who tries it will be dealt with — you 've been warned ! |
| 27 | I think you 'd better go next door , you 've been warned enough this afternoon . |
| 28 | Me having tied up the whole of this campaign while you 've been whooping it up in Valencia — ? ’ |
| 29 | You forget everything you 've been taught in a flash . |
| 30 | Okay , er generally speaking the vocabulary that you 've been taught within the lecture series is the vocabulary you should use where possible . |