Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been thinking about that riddle . |
| 2 | For what it is worth , I have been saving in this way for years myself . |
| 3 | I feel as if I have been wandering through this forest for an eternity , and it is some days since I have found anything to eat . |
| 4 | Q I have been trying with little success to get hold of a list of camping barn and bunkhouse type accommodations . |
| 5 | I would actually like to know your answer to this question , since I have been discussing with one or two other people whether one could hope to persuade Regional Railways to introduce a cheap fare for small groups of people , say on winter weekdays on quiet lines like the Central Wales and the Cambrian Coast . |
| 6 | Recently the coal measure type of cycle has been very plausibly explained in terms of climatically controlled ice-sheet surges , and we can very soon get lost in a multitude of explanations of the phenomena I have been discussing in this book . |
| 7 | Olympia picked out one of the gems when they released Salmanov 's Fourth Symphony ( 3/89 ) , and I have been listening with much pleasure to Mravinsky 's Melodiya LPs of the previous three symphonies by this intriguing composer . |
| 8 | He says I have been flying for four years . |
| 9 | I have been flying for twenty years and doing aerobatics for ten years , having been taught to fly by my celebrated husband Tim , of Nealey Air Shows , in Chicago . |
| 10 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |
| 11 | The trouble is my boyfriend , with whom I have been living for six months , thinks I should use the money to pay off our overdraft . |
| 12 | I have been living in this area for over a year now , and I still have n't made any friends . |
| 13 | The moral common to these stories is one I have been emphasising throughout this discussion . |
| 14 | If the course of action that I am suggesting and ind which is indeed consistent with the course of action I have been suggesting throughout this enquiry is to work , then I need I would suggest tomorrow is probably the absolute latest for me to get anything from you , and to give the Councils any opportunity whatsoever to make any reply to them . |
| 15 | Although the survey was carried out in 1987 , and events in education have moved on with amazing rapidity since then , many of the conclusions that can be drawn from the interviews seem to have retained their relevance , particularly in the context of the issue I have been exploring in this chapter . |
| 16 | I have given this Nayar material at some length because it exemplifies such a large number of the themes which I have been emphasizing throughout this book . |
| 17 | I have been looking for that ever since I first became involved in politics . |
| 18 | THERE is much to do in the garden at present and I have been looking at some of the useful tools and equipment on the market . |
| 19 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
| 20 | I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so . |
| 21 | To accept what I have been saying about epistemic appearances is to accept that our visual experience does somehow involve a judgement about what we are looking at , whether in our experience of works of art or in ordinary visual experience . |
| 22 | erm , moving on , erm audio description in Scotland , no er since this , the last meeting , yes Cath and I have been talking about all that money , we had an entertaining day out |
| 23 | I have been talking to one or two members of s staff at a fairly low level over the last week . |
| 24 | It is in islands like the one I have been talking of that one can best speak to the emergent nations about their problems in a relaxed , a hospitable and an egalitarian atmosphere , and against the background of a shared experience . |
| 25 | As to the other case that I want to say a word about , I have to confess now to beating a drum that I have been beating with varying success for a number of years . |
| 26 | I have been sitting in this armchair for about an hour . |
| 27 | ‘ I have been going for 18 years and you get fan-tastic value for money , ’ he said . |
| 28 | For over thirty years , along with my fellow teachers , I have been going to educational conferences , and training sessions , and workshops , to hear countless leaders in education talk , as you do , about the dignity of the child , and the importance of individual differences , and of fostering positive self-concepts , and building on the interests of the child , and letting the child learn from curiosity rather than fear . |
| 29 | McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer . |
| 30 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |