Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] i [verb] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOR months now I have been trying to contain excitement at the thought of the compact disc . |
| 2 | back over with you , I 'll sort something out while I 've got some small change in me purse now I 've been shopping , I 'll sort it out |
| 3 | For some years now I have been researching an area where a certain event took place . |
| 4 | A few days earlier I had been thinking of calling my doctor to assess the chances of having my vasectomy reversed in order to save my marriage to Karen . |
| 5 | The last time I had been on Shunner Fell two years previously I had been walking the Pennine Way and had left Tan Hill on a rainy June day , with heavy clouds following me south as I travelled . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you know all the way here I 've been looking forward to your particular brand of polite conversation ? |
| 7 | ‘ For some time now I have been thinking I should marry again . |