Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized he had been listening until he heard Catherine say she could not marry him . |
| 2 | I did a double-take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . |
| 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 | He settled down with a dance student called Jane , then ‘ one day I was sitting with her in a train station and I realised I 'd been staring at a bloke for about ten minutes ’ . |
| 5 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I realised I had been watching them for 15 minutes . |
| 7 | ‘ I got a bit worried when I found you 'd been sending your subordinates out to buy crucifixes . ’ |
| 8 | His name was , but I found he 'd been lodging in a house in Road close to the railway station . |
| 9 | Mind you I 'd I 'd been running er ru running the tail route , that 's another route as you meet on er goes onto a gate on the left hand side where you got wagons about eight wagons , put it put them back , fasten this rope at the back . |
| 10 | Rob made me a cup of coffee and erm I forgot it had been standing there and er I went to take a mouthful course I got a mouth full of skin did n't I ? |
| 11 | I knew I 'd been dreaming again ( or whatever we call it ) because , when I came out of it , the wooden post — that old pile I 'd clung to like a drowning man — was nowhere ! |
| 12 | My dear , he was holding it exactly as if it had been a squashed blackbeetle , and I knew he 'd been criticizing me all evening . |
| 13 | Marcus appeared in next-door 's back garden which surprised me as last I knew he 'd been snoring under the duvet . |
| 14 | He stopped and went on in a low voice , ‘ I came back early from school and when I came in I saw she 'd been crying . ’ |
| 15 | I saw he had been drinking , and I knew I was in a very dangerous situation . |
| 16 | She apologised of course ; I gathered she 'd been talking quilts with a fellow enthusiast and had forgotten the time . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | ‘ And I thought we 'd been getting on pretty well together . ’ |
| 19 | I thought you 'd been doing that for the thirty whatsit of July . |
| 20 | I thought you 'd been putting something in my tea for years . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought I 'd been doing that ! |
| 22 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | So like I even said that to the coppers today I said he 's been handling seventeen hundred pounds near enough near as damn it |
| 25 | I said I 'd been chasing him all over the world . |
| 26 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 27 | I said I 've been phoning all the time , I said , and I still do n't know about it ! |
| 28 | Erm , oh I have got something else , which is music , erm , at the last meeting I said I 've been talking to Simon from the Queen 's Hall , about the idea of doing pre-concert notes |
| 29 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 30 | I said I 've been waiting six months now , I 've given my life six months to wait for a job , I said , you ca n't get experience if you 're not given chances |