Example sentences of "[adv] i have [been] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps I 've been infected by those damned journalists . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 4 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 5 | So I 've been left with a load of tapes , batteries . |
| 6 | I really do think that there is a degree of inconsistency in compelling a Gothic architect to erect a classical building — and so I have been thinking of appointing you a coadjutor , who would in fact make the design ! |
| 7 | I 've got to make him feel that finally I 've been touched by his chivalry and so on and so on … |
| 8 | Already I had been corrupted by Mandru 's household . ’ |
| 9 | Already I have been approached by a leading soft drinks manufacturer to host the world mountain skateboarding championships down a terrifying course on Sgurr Alasdair . |
| 10 | stuff keep the half way up my back its all padding and stuff and I 've rolled over , as I 've rolled over there 's been another one it has gone off , it felt like I 've been kicked in the back by somebody really having a go at me , it threw me and even with all that I had a like that so there not , there not kiddy toys . |
| 11 | There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise . |
| 12 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 13 | Later I have been thinking over what Dad said . |
| 14 | He is very strict , and would dismiss me if he found out I 'd been interfering with his books . |
| 15 | I came here with full agreements in order to get this convoy to Cerska and so far I 've been blocked at every turn . ’ |
| 16 | Now I 've been told by other people who 've er erm gone down this route that I 'm proposing to follow with L E As that erm there are two ways round it . |
| 17 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 18 | Up until now I have been fascinated by the sound of a bomb leaving the barrel ; this evening and the closeness to the enemy mortar had changed all that . |
| 19 | Today I 've been thinking to myself , I 've only got the sleeves to put in that dress — when am I going to have the time to do it' ? |
| 20 | yes well I 've been thinking about it , what you want is a |
| 21 | Just as well I 've been staying out the way . |
| 22 | Well I 've been sent from Bangor . |
| 23 | Right , well I 've been waiting since er what is it twelve o'clock this morning , what on earth this question can be and I certainly did n't er come up with this possible , erm all I can say is that I have always got on extremely well with Tony and . |
| 24 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 25 | Why could n't I have been born to be successful and brainy ? |
| 26 | Unfortunately I have been diagnosed as a sufferer of ‘ loyalistus onehundredpercentus . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | By then I had been released to the Toko-ru on my own recognisance , that is an abject willingness to betray my comrades and help the malais in every way . |
| 29 | Fifteen years were to pass before I had a book published by Faber 's , but by then I had been launched by other publishing houses . |
| 30 | ‘ No , but then I 've been thinking about the amniocentesis . |