Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb base] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 3 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | So we 've been starting on the , but this is a bit of a shame though because , what I like , when we , when we , when we have our three days off , it 's nice to know on your , on your last day off that still have a late night because your not back to work until the afternoon you know . |
| 6 | I will be very brief but just to welcome the fact that in we have been waiting for nearly fifty years |
| 7 | So they 've been working on modifications and this year , oh we will we 'll put the modifications right and then come back with another sales pitch |
| 8 | I 've managed to subject the boots to most conditions except a thorough soaking over several days — for once we 've been basking in sunshine for weeks in Scotland , along with the sun-drenched south east ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Later I have been thinking over what Dad said . |
| 11 | They may not be looking for treatment or rehabilitation but er what we can offer them is clean injecting equipment er free condoms , because H I V is transmitted sexually as well , probably more than , more often than in Oxfordshire , er and also we have been prescribing from an assessment clinic in the city centre . |
| 12 | You know , I 'd like to ask a question , why is it so , why is it so frightening to spoil yourself ? , why is it such a , a wrong thing to spoil yourself , erm we 've been talking about make up we 've been talking about |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Now , now you 've been working in the area of AIDS for some time now , do you think that the message is getting through ? |
| 15 | So far we 've been concentrating on Meryl 's reasons for hanging round on the gallery in the middle of the night ; all well and good , but what was Gladys doing there ? ’ |
| 16 | So far we have been looking at the type of grave-clothes provided for the very wealthy . |
| 17 | So far we have been looking at earthworks particular to deserted settlement sites . |
| 18 | So far we have been talking about the flow of information from the company , but It can be equally important for management to receive information on how the world is thinking about the company and its activities , about rival companies and about the industry in which it operates . |
| 19 | So far we have been talking about the reciprocity of all discourse in the broadest of terms , connecting it to the mechanisms of dialogue only generally by saying that monologues are often constructed with the receiver in mind . |
| 20 | Now we 've been asking for this for years . |
| 21 | N nowadays I hear erm or the lads who have been they go out They 've been working with contractor and they say how different it is when your mother was alive , everybody who came here they they used to join us for their dinner . |
| 22 | 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' ? |
| 23 | yes well I 've been thinking about it , what you want is a |
| 24 | Just as well I 've been staying out the way . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Well you see been hiring from me for ten years . |
| 28 | Well we 've been talking about the benefits which the local firms obviously gain from the work that 's going on here , but the question could be asked , what benefit do the academics in the University and also the students gain from the , the programme ? |
| 29 | Well we 've been planning for it for something like eleven months , with a small planning team , but at its height , just before Conference , there were a total of seventy officers involved . |
| 30 | and , and they may very well my Lord , say well we have been watching with great interest what your Lordship has been doing |