Example sentences of "[noun] but i have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | I dare n't say about the future but I have been doing some stuff with girls teen magazines . |
2 | I am aware it is some time since we spoke regarding Beeslack but I have been awaiting a response from , Senior Education Maintenance Officer concerning the tree planting proposed for the rough area in the corner of the playing field . |
3 | Dear Rosemary , I know you must receive hundreds of letters like mine but I have been meaning to write to you now for ages . |
4 | ‘ I 'm a tough , tough guy but I 've been crying my eyes out all day , ’ he said . |
5 | Well it 's not a yes yes for the garden because I would n't have room for it but it 's certainly a yes yes in my shelter delt because the birds love the berries and it really encourages them to use that shelter delt but it is n't as , as easy to grow , it 's , one tends to think of the nature plant as a tough plant but I 've been trying to establish about thirty of these in the shelter delt and I 've found they object to any form of total weedkiller round the root , so all the , the weedkillers that you would use for the first couple of years maybe to , to keep the , the weeds from growing round the stems , they tend to get chlorotic and die . |