Example sentences of "[pron] 've [be] [v-ing] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I raised with David Ingram at my JAR a matter which I 've been mulling over for a while , arising from my role as Welfare Officer . |
| 2 | I 've been wandering round for an hour swearing at everbody and everything . |
| 3 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |
| 4 | I 've been looking out for you . " |
| 5 | erm I 'm conscious of the fact that I 've been going on for perhaps too long and I may not have said quite enough about Darwin , but let me just finish by saying this that it 's not possible today , I believe , to discuss any important problem in biology without Darwin 's thought being absolutely central to what you 're saying all the time . |
| 6 | ‘ Yeah , it 's a collection of tunes that I 've been working on for a while . |
| 7 | ‘ I got a whole morning off in Bruges , and I guess I 've been making up for it ever since . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been racing around for most of the day . |
| 9 | I 'm not , I 've been sitting down for half an hour . |
| 10 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |
| 11 | No-one 's wanted to have a punt and we 've been scrambling about for the odd winner . |
| 12 | I ca n't of course foretell er what 's gon na happen in Eastern Europe , but looking externally er at the lower interest rates and the er more competitive value of the pound and internally at the improved cash flow and the actions that we 've been taking over for the past couple of years and I can say that there 's now generally a more optimistic feeling in the air amongst our group companies . |
| 13 | Erm the housing need figure we 've been working on for Greater York has been nine thousand seven hundred and that 's been based on the parishes within the Greater York study area . |
| 14 | In the U K the improvement plans we 've been working on for the last two years have been very successfully implemented but they 've been overtaken by the U K recession . |
| 15 | This partly explains why they 've been struggling on for around six years now , but is no excuse in the current climate for them not gaining some long overdue recognition . |
| 16 | Although these are ‘ laboratory ’ specimens , they 've been kicking around for about six months and I 'd expect them to be detected quickly . |
| 17 | The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months . |
| 18 | What I 'd like you to do , is to try and put into words , what the main problems are at the moment , when they occur , where they occur , and how long they 've been going on for ’ . |