Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one wants to know how my character study of Mark Antony 's going , whether I 've vacuumed under my bed , what videos I 've been watching while they were out , how many lengths I 've swum without a break , whether I 'm telling the truth or lies . |
| 2 | I mean we , we 've been looking before you know that the situation got |
| 3 | ‘ It was the kind of performance I 've been looking for for two years , ’ said Welsh coach Alan Davies . |
| 4 | ‘ It was the kind of performance I 've been looking for for two years , ’ said Welsh coach Alan Davies . |
| 5 | ‘ They 've been workin' and diggin' in those s … fields for years and do you know what it is ? |
| 6 | It 's as if I 've won a marathon , or a prize , or some huge event that I 've been training for for months . |
| 7 | I 've been training and playing practice matches in case my experience is needed . ’ |
| 8 | Well we 've been targeting as well |
| 9 | You know I 've never hated you — though for years I 've been wishing that I could ! ’ |
| 10 | I 've always ai n't I when I 've done summat , if I 've been sawing or banging , making a noise I 've always stopped at ten |
| 11 | ‘ You 've been drinking and you 're talking a lot of rubbish . |
| 12 | But he said all he did was people he 'd met quite a few times now , they say that you know like cos he 's very funny , he comes out with me , god Sally what 's the matter with you , you 've been drinking or something , I said no , that 's how he is he 's not |
| 13 | ‘ You 've been drinking as well — are you trying to kill yourself ? ’ |
| 14 | Well I 've been stopping but I thought , I , I |
| 15 | , I 've been smoking since I wa twe , since I 've been twelve and I just canna stop and I think it 's disgusting ! |
| 16 | McKeown is the steward we 've been expecting and the other two will be working on the ship . |
| 17 | I 've been thinking that if I ever meet the kind of young lady who 'd make you a nice wife , I 'll get her to come round and introduce 'erself . ’ |
| 18 | Erm , I 've been thinking that I ca n't chair this meeting and take the notes and things when it becomes , and if it , the fund comes through and it becomes the audio description project as opposed to this group , and you know we will be widening out a little bit , I wonder if we should actually have a chairman type person . |
| 19 | I 've been thinking that you ought to get away from here for a bit , but I do n't quite see how I could leave the hospital just now . |
| 20 | Yeah I tho , I 've been thinking that as I walk by it . |
| 21 | while you 've been swearing and that been going ever so , police 'll be round tomorrow |
| 22 | Well I 'm hoping that , that tape I 've been using when I go to Ian and Shaun 's , that er the noise of Rangers does nay it ma goes too loud , you know . |
| 23 | Our next priority like er , Labour says like a the different degrees is er the primary schools er many of which as we all know that we 've been struggling and to cope with inadequate budgets . |
| 24 | There 's , we , we 've been struggling and trying to do ourselves and all we have to do is to allow Christ to come in to our lives , because he died to take away the sin , he dealt with the route cause of it , Christ in you , the hope of glory . |
| 25 | again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself |
| 26 | Cos I 've been trying and trying for ages |
| 27 | They 've been touring and doing the same thing for forty , fifty years and nothing has changed for them , and so I do n't think it 's a real resurgence in the US , but it 's great to see it happening over here . ’ |
| 28 | I 've been listening and watching all day . |
| 29 | I 'm very much aware I 've not been saying my name each time I 've been speaking but probably too late now . |
| 30 | You 've been teaching as well , really ? |