Example sentences of "[verb] i have been [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes but to me it 's old stuff Brenda I mean I 've been hearing this kind of conversation in number between chaps coming in to mend things |
2 | I mean I 've been doing that for ever since we 've been on . |
3 | I mean I 've been doing outside jobs to get , you know , I mean , like doing festivals |
4 | No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago |
5 | Ben said that he 'd heard I 'd been having some problems and asked what they were . |
6 | and they say I 've been waiting seventeen years for this pollack , or having your tooth out or having your tonsils extracted |
7 | It 's difficult to explain , but I know I 've been doing some thinking about my obligations to my parents , about where I 'm coming from and where I 'm going . |
8 | I guess I 've been getting upset for too long when it was n't even necessary . |
9 | ‘ I thought I 'd been doing that ! |
10 | I said I 've been phoning all the time , I said , and I still do n't know about it ! |
11 | I said I 've been waiting six months now , I 've given my life six months to wait for a job , I said , you ca n't get experience if you 're not given chances |
12 | Because if they do n't know about it the mother or the father of that child will no doubt be coming along screaming I 've been getting twenty five pounds a week for the last ten years and I 've child on my own now . |