Example sentences of "'ve [adv] been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think we 've all been rather turning our minds away from that one , ’ brayed Canon Wheeler , embarrassedly eyeing the unfortunate arrival of the boeuf en croûte . |
| 2 | They 've all been partially excluded from mainstream schools , where they found it hard to fit in . |
| 3 | Which , Zab would cut in , we 've all been all along anyway , but in our heads , not on paper . |
| 4 | The same for rehearsals — I think we 've all been there and discovered the dos and don'ts , and they 're pretty obvious anyway . |
| 5 | None of them has been offended ; they 've all been fantastically enthusiastic and supportive . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 've all been very kind . |
| 7 | They 've all been very responsible and they seem to have loads of energy and a sense of fun , which is essential if they 're babysitting for my three-year-old during the day . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've only been abed these two days . ’ |
| 9 | " I 've only been upstairs a short while . " |
| 10 | ‘ I 've only been here a week . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , we 've only been here a couple of days . |
| 12 | They 've only been here once , just after Christmas . ‘ |
| 13 | We 've only been here three quarters of an hour ! |
| 14 | After all , I 've only been here five years ! |
| 15 | I 've only been here a little while , looking after Aunt — ’ |
| 16 | I 've only been here a matter of hours , but I feel as though it 's been more like a week ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ My God , you 've only been here a week , and already … ’ |
| 18 | I 've only been here a month meself , and I 'm on nights for the extra money . |
| 19 | What we 're trying to do is say look , you are senior people in this company because although you 've only been here a short period of time , but you 're still very senior people . |
| 20 | You 've only been here a few days . |
| 21 | I 've only been here four years we had the white one remember the gas one got certified dangerous ? |
| 22 | I 've only been here three years now ! |
| 23 | And they 've only been here , what , two weeks ? |
| 24 | I have n't been as far down there , I 've only been as far as the doctor 's surgery , down that road . |
| 25 | I 've only been once . |
| 26 | I 've only been there five minutes , ’ Maggie protested . |
| 27 | But I 've only been there one day — half a day , really , since I took a good bit of time off this afternoon to talk to you . |
| 28 | You 've only been there eighteen months while I 've known it all my life . |
| 29 | I 've only been there once — I took a friend with her small boy . |
| 30 | I 've only been there once and I thought he did n't like me much , but now he wants me to do a dozen PDs tomorrow . ’ |