Example sentences of "[conj] i have been [v-ing] about " in BNC.
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1 | Although I 've been writing about the latest machines this month , I shall be including the older models in later articles . |
2 | Now we know that Antarctic bottom water is formed here in the Webber Sea and the samples that I 've been talking about were taken here in the South Georgia basin , so we can see that it has taken seventeen years for the water to travel from here to here . |
3 | Erm the service continues next term with me starting and then Mike taking over half way through and what I 'll be doing is supplying the general two theoried two theoretic semantics that I 've been talking about erm two specific instructions in a natural language I can get what six |
4 | She had n't known until Sir Philip mentioned it at dinner last night that I 'd been thinking about marrying her . |
5 | However , whilst searching through various books in my library , I chanced upon my copy of Folklore , Myths and Legends of Britain and wondered if there were anything mentioned about the Silbury Hill area that I had been writing about . |
6 | I realised that I had been talking about the convent without explanation or location . |
7 | I keep rehearsing that low brace that I have been thinking about ever since we set a date for our attempt . |
8 | But at least Holroyd leaves me in no doubt that I have been reading about a great phenomenon . |
9 | Seeing Derek 's puzzled look , she added : ‘ You mentioned the Spanish Civil War and I 've been thinking about the message the kidnappers told me to use to contact them . ’ |
10 | ‘ And I 've been thinking about guns , ’ said Juliet . |
11 | ‘ We came here ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ to talk about you and I 've been talking about nothing but myself the whole time . |
12 | Wilkinson admitted : ‘ I am keeping all my options open and I have been thinking about whether I should play Rocastle . |
13 | 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 |
14 | I 'm sure that over the years , you 'll have er , gone through some of the experiences that Madeline and I have been talking about over the last five minutes . |
15 | But I 've been thinking about next week . |
16 | " But I 've been thinking about it , Nenna , and praying . |
17 | ‘ I 'd guessed Donna had a twin sister — somewhere — and I — oh , I know this sounds silly , but I 've been thinking about it , ever since the transplant was mentioned , before Juliet made me realise who she ws . |
18 | I did n't know what to say , but I 'd been reading about mating in a book only a few days before , so I kept a perfectly straight face and replied . |
19 | ‘ But I have been thinking about taking a course , ’ she said . |
20 | 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 . |