Example sentences of "'ve been [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been writing cheques to Rob Thomas . |
| 2 | I 'm defiantly proud to point out that I did thirteen drafts of Wanda and that I 've been writing comedy professionally since ‘ 63 , so by the time I was writing Wanda it was 24 years . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been writing songs about prison ever since I started writing songs . |
| 4 | And if you 've been watching BBC 's Masterchef series , the winning recipes are also in Good Food , on sale August 8 . |
| 5 | I 've been watching videos most of the day . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been watching television . |
| 7 | Do you think that the er it must be the war , the first world war , if you 've been watching Testament of Youth , Fear and Britain 's Testament of Youth , which I read years ago |
| 8 | But that day that that woman phoned up the house erm she said I 've been watching Neighbours or something |
| 9 | You 've been watching House of Elliot . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The crews knew them as Spivs , and initially their speed was such that a driver complained : ‘ I 've been catching seagulls with that thing ! ’ |
| 12 | I 've been asked loads of questions . |
| 13 | I 've been filling time wherever I am . |
| 14 | you 've been told you 've been training people ai n't you ? |
| 15 | At Harwell laboratories , they 've been monitoring air pollution and found the levels went up during the recent hot spell . |
| 16 | " You 've been telling lies . " |
| 17 | You see even when they tell the truth , if they 've been telling lies for a long time , even if they , when they tell the truth you do n't believe them |
| 18 | For days I 've been telling Caliban that I do n't see why D and M and everyone else should be left in the dark about whether I still exist . |
| 19 | Heaven knows , I 've been telling people for years , and , strangely , it is n't entirely untrue . |
| 20 | You 've been telling people for two years that you 'll never be an investigator again . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been telling Veronica about the week we had in Scotland . |
| 22 | So you 've been appointed Chairman ! |
| 23 | If you 've been prescribed suppositories and you 're not sure how to use them or are too embarrassed to ask , the pharmacist will have explanatory leaflets . |
| 24 | ‘ You 've been handing weapons out to the Serbs for months . ’ |
| 25 | Every day this week we 've been printing colour pictures of the team captains and their strip for you to paste on to your chart . |
| 26 | Every day this week we 've been printing stickers of the Grands Prix that Mansell won . |
| 27 | a while to transpose , I 've been printing stuff on card recently , |
| 28 | ‘ Paul , you 've been drinking whisky . |
| 29 | If you 've been drinking beer you can you ca n't smell beer on anybody else , can you ? |
| 30 | Sometimes I 've been drinking tea with a Sherpa friend of mine in the village of Kundy and there 'll be a clatter up the stairs caused by a dozen people saying ‘ We understand Hillary 's here ’ , as if that gives them the right to charge in and take over . ’ |