Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've watched , I 've been watching my cartoons |
| 2 | I 've been ringing your number for hours . ’ |
| 3 | I was worried sick when I saw it , and I 've been ringing your number on and off for the past hour . |
| 4 | I 've been ringing my family at regular intervals to see how things are going . ’ |
| 5 | We 've been telling our chief executives that even though you ca n't get the sales then at least try to work on your working capital , try and get your working capital er , ratio down . |
| 6 | Ever since the age of 13 I 've been hoping my spots would go away — but constant picking at them has left some scars . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life ! |
| 8 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 9 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I reckon we 've been wasting our time . ’ |
| 11 | Ah , I 've been using me credit cards |
| 12 | ‘ Well , ’ they continue , ‘ we 've been reading your columns and we 're just a little bit worried that you might mean it when you say that the European Community is a fraudulent delusion ; the German economy is kaput ; the French are morally bankrupt ; racism is becoming endemic ; America 's had it ; Britain 's in for five years of total chaos and the middle-classes will soon be taking to the streets . |
| 13 | " I 've been reading your letters , " she said . |
| 14 | ‘ They 've been bringing their dogs to do their business in my front garden , and if I go to the council , d' you know what they 'll say ? |
| 15 | Well you 've been picking your clothes up are you ? |
| 16 | They 've been spreading their net higher and higher these last few years . |
| 17 | And I 've been bleeding her white ever since . |
| 18 | I 've been buying your magazine religiously for the last 18 months and would like to thank you for a great read . |
| 19 | But in promoting it to MPs we 've been drawing their attention to the kinds of organizations which in turn in their eyes just sort of represent that pyramid or structure of votes that . |
| 20 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 21 | For far too long you 've been hiding your light under a bushel . |
| 22 | For three years I 've been biding my time , digging in at Deptford . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been biding my time waiting for this Ulster call , and was delighted when John Clarke gave me the nod , ’ he said . |
| 24 | So I 've been biding my time . |
| 25 | And I 've been nagging my parents . |
| 26 | We went to the er B M A or the G M C I 'm not quite sure which and asked if we could could approach er doctors for this and they 've been snapping our hands off ever since . |
| 27 | You can renew your loan at any time providing you 've been meeting your regular repayments . |
| 28 | Unless you 've been calling my bluff since day one , you should be able to see off any mere mortal who rubs us up the wrong way . ’ |
| 29 | If you 've been lightening your hair for years , this is the time to rethink your shade . |
| 30 | But after a four month lay-off the people who have to open them can get rather out of practice , so they 've been sharpening their skills against each other . |