Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been saving it . |
| 2 | We will include this poem : I 've been saving it up for the right occasion . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been filling it in |
| 4 | I 've been filling it in in pencil . |
| 5 | Me having tied up the whole of this campaign while you 've been whooping it up in Valencia — ? ’ |
| 6 | I 've been bottling it up inside me far too long . |
| 7 | While you 've been living it up in the lap of luxury — ’ |
| 8 | Well I 've been holding it to save it . |
| 9 | I 've been feeding it a goodly amount of quinine and aspirin in the night to keep it from going hungry . " |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been expecting it ever since I heard that they found Uncle Mosse underneath the floorboards . |
| 11 | Naturally , I 've been thinking it over ever since poor Sarah burst into my room this morning . |
| 12 | Since then I 've been thinking it over and I 've come up with an idea . |
| 13 | I 've been thinking it 's needed some more in for the last few meals . |
| 14 | So to find out how much you 've used , you 've got to multiply it by how long you 've been using it for . |
| 15 | I 've been using it all the time . |
| 16 | All the ones , the old secretaries who 've been using it for years think it 's absolutely wonderful . |
| 17 | There was one though on the Antique Road Show where there 's erm er girl brought in a kettle and they 've been using it just every day and it was pottery and it was actually to buy her her own house . |
| 18 | Trouble is with this quarter , with this discount I 'm probably not going to get to a hundred pound at the office because I 've been using it at home so much . |
| 19 | Well kids stay all the time but they 've been using it as a doss house , you know , |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been eating it for years but it 's weird . |
| 21 | And you 've been eating it all this time ! |
| 22 | I mean it would be nice , I 've been reading it this afternoon , it would be lovely Gary |
| 23 | You 've been encouraging it up to now , on a few occasions up to now . |
| 24 | ‘ They 've been hiding it , you know . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , the people who make the system decided to redesign the bit that connects the two computers — they 've been redesigning it for months . |
| 26 | " I 've been dreading it , " he said . |
| 27 | Well I better not tell them because it will completely spoil their holiday but erm it 's h it 's interesting because we 've been mentioning it to other people I 'm sure they 've never . |
| 28 | ‘ I bet you 've been discussing it with Ian , who , nice as he is , is a male vet , and they 're like the farmers . |
| 29 | Last year they were calling it Howards ' Way with horses , this year they 've been calling it Howards ' Way without boats . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Anne , if I 've been taking it out on you these past couple of weeks . ’ |