Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] we have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean we 've been going over and over that proposal . |
| 2 | Mm , I mean we 've been going out in the daytime , when the weather 's |
| 3 | ‘ Once I knew about the other woman , I realised we 'd been drifting apart and that , at weekends , I 'd felt quite distant . |
| 4 | ‘ I reckon we 've been wasting our time . ’ |
| 5 | I thought we 'd been getting on pretty well but as Father 's Day approached , Joe made it clear that I could n't hope to be any more than just second best |
| 6 | ‘ And I thought we 'd been getting on pretty well together . ’ |
| 7 | I think we 've been talking about two different interpretations of the word , respect . |
| 8 | Right , I think we 've been going on long enough and I think you 've been sitting there long enough , ha |
| 9 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |
| 10 | I said , I said we 've been doing boundaries for the trial park today and they ran out of passes and gave us these and said they 'd be alright . |
| 11 | And the candlestick is beautiful — dare I say we 've been lusting after just such a one for ages , and now we can enjoy your gift . |
| 12 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
| 13 | Do you realize we 've been trying to get ready for twenty minutes ? |
| 14 | well you know we 've been reading stories , little ones , that was only two I could find but there were n't any stories |
| 15 | Well I I think er it 's it 's quite hard to talk about it but er cer I th I think people were grieved that the bonus system that had been going since the quarry was started up again by 's father was gon na be scrapped with really no consultation with the workers if you like , and I think everybody thought that you know we 'd been producing a lot of slate and been paid well for it previously and he should leave well alone . |
| 16 | Another of the things you ca n't say is ‘ Now look here , honeybunch , I know what you think we 've been doing , but we have n't . |
| 17 | We realised we 'd been depending too much on verbal instructions so we concentrated on producing written safety procedures , including training and planning . |
| 18 | I do n't we got about three , three thirty in the morning , both of them went out to er canal somewhere up Dulgate , past Dulgate we set up and we 'd we 'd been fishing for about two and half hours it 's aba about six thirty in the morning this old farmer comes up says er aye , aye lads , he said er I would n't bother it , they drained this area of the canal a few months ago ! |
| 19 | We know we have been reading a novel but nevertheless we can believe that what the author has told us is true . |
| 20 | He says : ‘ It 's imperative we keep the confidence in our own ability to score goals , because then some of the bad luck we feel we 've been having will start to change . |
| 21 | ‘ We feel we have been considering each other too much . |
| 22 | Well we see we 've been saving the stamps so we had believe it or not |
| 23 | They knew we 'd been talking to their pop idols and they just wanted to touch us . |