Example sentences of "'ve be work on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the grave-diggers in Hamlet , they speculated on life : ‘ We 've been working on it for 25 years and we still have n't got round . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been working on this project for two years — two full years with God knows how many people involved . |
| 3 | I 've been working on her image for some time now . |
| 4 | I 've been working on that part of my game and it came off tonight . ’ |
| 5 | Ian 's temperament is something he is working on and we 've been working on all the time , but he just seems to be getting maximum publicity at the moment . ’ |
| 6 | The bird has become very unfit , and the damaged wing is shorter than the other , so I 've been working on moving it in the way the bird would move it in flight , to stretch it . |
| 7 | We 've been working on the Panch Chule expedition for a year , but it 's just the odd day basically . |
| 8 | I 've got three people working on it right now and they 've been working on it for three years . |
| 9 | We 've been working on the project for quite some time . |
| 10 | It looks as if we 'll be able to buy the Stiebel-Stein mail-order business , so I 've been working on ways to raise the money . |
| 11 | I 've been working on it for most of the week , so do n't make me mess it up . |
| 12 | They 've been working on farms , it seems . ’ |
| 13 | I knew those had been painted over ten years before , I said to him , ‘ Is this an old painting or a new painting ? ’ and he said , ‘ Well , I 've been working on it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ This is n't a sudden change of course — we 've been working on this for a long time and over the last five years have moved our portfolio towards lower cost exploration areas . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been working on this for a couple of weeks now . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been working on the unionization of women in Kampur for several years now , ’ she said . |
| 17 | The students are coming to the end of their additional assessments now : they 've been working on their projects since December . |
| 18 | You 've been working on it , Ingrid , yes , with your teacher ? ’ |
| 19 | If the figures that we 've been given the recent figures , cos w I 've been working on figures for August up to August but now we 've got even better figures . |
| 20 | Probably wo n't come as a surprise to you , but er , I 've been working on a training system . |
| 21 | So they 've been working on modifications and this year , oh we will we 'll put the modifications right and then come back with another sales pitch |
| 22 | Senior Midland area and I 've been working on a job in Coventry which is basically work er what I hope to get mainly out of this course is an increased level of personal confidence so I can overcome basic nervousness when speaking . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been working on a report and I 've only just realised how late it is . |
| 24 | Wew 've been working on it for a long time , polticals issues are nothing to do with us , we 're a commercial company |
| 25 | For the past 10 years we 've been working on synthesising the chemical ; now we 're trying to see if the European Yew will provide the starter material for producing anti-cancer activity . |
| 26 | ‘ We 've been working on the show since Christmas and hope the audiences enjoy it as much as we do , ’ said Vivien . |
| 27 | Alan Anderson , Monsanto Quality Manager , presented the award and made these comments : ‘ I had a personal interest in this one because I 've been working on the application of quality to safety management which is what the Rubber Chemicals Safety Improvement team is all about . |
| 28 | They 've been working on Sarah 's today . |
| 29 | er , then , so that 's at least , well in fact that 's more than sufficient , I should get paid more than six hours because I 've been working on the students , on the disabled games all day Friday |
| 30 | Because the way that I erm , I 've been working on this procedure and in fact I sense this too , and I have most of what was currently there for research project , project related sub-contracting , in other words sub-contracting with B P or if necessary , which I felt that more or less covered and what it was n't covering was when a Marie type situation on software , where I was going to put a different section , which is where the report , when it 's on research project related company facts , then I pay for the software . |