Example sentences of "'ve [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , we 've been funding from within our own budget new developments that 'll come on stream next year and it 's a very complicated budget and it contains some quite erm controversial erm subjects , which no doubt we 'll go through in a minute , but overall erm , given the total financial situation , I 'm a relieved man today . |
| 2 | ‘ I have a Korg M1R and a Korg Wave Station , and that 's what I 've been writing with . |
| 3 | Although I 've been writing about the latest machines this month , I shall be including the older models in later articles . |
| 4 | Right from the beginning of my career as a journalist I 've been writing about gender issues from the male point of view . |
| 5 | We 've been writing to each other for eight years but had never met until this year . |
| 6 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 7 | They will also completely cover up imperfections , have good sound and heat insulation properties and , if they 've been treated with protective spray , will last for years and years — long after paint has become chipped and discoloured , and paper faded . |
| 8 | But erm , that 's the idea , you see , that these kids , er well , you know , they may be delinquent , and do lots of nasty things , but it 's only the way they 've been treated by society . |
| 9 | In a sense responding to our questions , naturally , depending on how they 've been treated by their employer can we have your comments about the sort of legal framework you think the pension fund should be in and then Jeremy will take over . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been treated like a pin-cushion , but it seems to be working so far , ’ he said . |
| 11 | We 're acting like that because of the way we 've been treated in the past throughout the school . |
| 12 | he feels they 've been treated in a shabby way . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been watching over this project since its inception . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been watching from across the road . |
| 15 | I still feel I 've been deprived of a natural birth . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've been looking into your background and there 's a few things there I do n't think you 'd like to come out . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You 've been looking into Harry Martin 's activities ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been looking into something like this for about two years and come up against brick walls constantly , ’ she said . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been looking through the cuttings on the inquest again , and she was identified by an aunt who lived in Herefordshire . ’ |
| 20 | We 've been looking for McCloy to lead us to his hired assassin . |
| 21 | We 've been looking for this car as part of a murder investigation . |
| 22 | ‘ We 've been looking for you for ages , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere . |
| 24 | I 've been looking for you everywhere . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere , ’ he said breathlessly . |
| 26 | We 've been looking for someone who can cope with the 24-hours-a-day rock ‘ n ’ roll lifestyle . |
| 27 | ‘ The editor we 've been looking for will also have to be able to cope with Alice Cooper dropping into our offices , plus other heavy metal groups who 've been into the heavy metal jewellery shop , the Great Frog which is in Carnaby Street beneath our offices . |
| 28 | Smith said : ‘ I 've been looking for someone to play wide on the right . |
| 29 | Demelza , five , of Oakworth , West Yorks , said : ‘ She 's just what I 've been looking for . |
| 30 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |