Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am fourteen years old and I have been keeping fancy Goldfish for about a year now . |
| 2 | I know this because I have been glancing at a magazine called Rubiks printed in English and published in Budapest . |
| 3 | I found your motherboard upgrade article most interesting as I have been thinking of upgrading my XT , but I had not bargained for changing the keyboard as I have a 102 key board ( no XT/AT switch ) . |
| 4 | It really should not strike you as odd that I have been enquiring into your affairs — if I may so phrase it . |
| 5 | But he added : ‘ That said , I must say I am extremely pessimistic about the future of the plant , given all that I have been hearing these last few days . ’ |
| 6 | Silicon Amnesia Sir : I bought your magazine for the first time this month and was very annoyed that I have been missing out on an excellent value piece of publishing catering to beginners ( me ) and experienced alike . |
| 7 | Wilkinson admitted : ‘ I am keeping all my options open and I have been thinking about whether I should play Rocastle . |
| 8 | Mr Clarke said last night : ‘ What I said after the meeting was exactly what I said at the meeting and exactly the same as I have been saying since the White Paper was published . |
| 9 | I think that I am probably a bit sharper in the burst than over the long distance but during the two ‘ B ’ games I felt really sharp and I have been working on my speed and strength with the SRU fitness specialist , David McLean ’ . |
| 10 | At the end of this fourth volume , I am still not certain whether I have been reading about a great man , any more than I was at the end of the third volume , or the second , or the first . |
| 11 | In his Chicago lectures , for example , he described how certain passages of Notes toward the Definition of Culture had been exposed as a " mass of contradictions " and , at the end , he also made a rueful disclaimer — " I am quite aware that I have been trying to persuade , although I may not be quite sure of what " . |
| 12 | Is the Minister aware that I have been asking this question , mostly of him , for the past 13 years and that that reply reflects how serious is youth unemployment in Scotland ? |
| 13 | Is he aware that I have been carrying out my own investigations , including a trip through the channel ? |
| 14 | My wife Pam has been for some time aware that I have been having an on-going relationship with Suzannah , who I believe is known to some of you . |