Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [be] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The road that they have created I think is having a damaging effect on the team and is making it more difficult for us to get the results . |
2 | ‘ No , I 've been freelancing the last couple of years . ’ |
3 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
4 | Right , erm , what happens then , Philip , if the client says to you , and it 's unlikely with Covermaster , but it 's the same principle if you 're talking of a savings plan or a pension , erm , I do n't like the idea of my money being invested in a managed fund , I 've been reading the financial press , and I 'm very interested and excited at the thought of the Japanese market going up through the roof . |
5 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
6 | ‘ I 've been thinking the same thing . |
7 | Well but I mean , Brian was saying himself you know he ca n't remember at least he 's says he 's been working down London when he has n't been earning a hundred pound a day you know , it 's something , we just accepted it , he said over the years I 've been earning a hundred pound a day he says , and that was it you know yo yo just do . |
8 | I 've been dating a wonderful chick for two years now but she 's just too frigid , sex is out of the question so one night I masturbated and pulled too hard on the sensitive part of my penis , now the tissues around the foreskin are swollen and septic but I 'm too distressed and embarrassed to see a doctor and my f girlfriend wants nothing to do with me , I find it hard to urinate what can I do ? |
9 | yes , yes , she 'll just have an or orange when I came out , she 's been , I 've been getting a few of those , it seems to help a bit |
10 | ‘ I 've been learning the ancient Japanese martial art of san tu dang for about 10 years now and that helps me keep my weight constant . |
11 | I 've been leaving the worst to last . |
12 | As a project engineer , I 've been using a similar document for about the last six months . |
13 | Incidentally , I 've been using a better copy of PagePlus 2 ( due to be launched in March ) and I have to say I 'm very impressed . |
14 | I 've n I 've been using the other keyboard all on the X T and I ca n't get used to this one yet . |
15 | ‘ I 've been using the front entrance lately . ’ |
16 | I 've been using the same box for several years now . |
17 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
18 | ‘ I 've been hearing a few things about this boy that s come to live at Beech Place . |
19 | ‘ I 've been fighting the inevitable for too long , darling . |
20 | ‘ I feel , ’ he said , ‘ as if I 've been waiting a hundred years for you . ’ |
21 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
22 | I arrived on Sunday and I 've been revisiting the old places . |
23 | I 've been paying a full stamp since nineteen seventy four . |
24 | ‘ I 've been saying the exact same thing with regard to this Mr Wrong she 's so darned keen on . ’ |
25 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
26 | ‘ I 've been driving a great deal in the States but it was either a Packard or a Studebaker . ’ |
27 | I mean , if I 'd thought there was something really wrong , I 'd have seen that you stayed at home — this makes me feel I 've been driving a sick horse or something " |
28 | I 've been employing a similar battle plan in slightly different circumstances and I 've scored at least one tactical victory . |
29 | Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew . |
30 | But I often find myself being far less nervous than the artists I 'm supporting , because I 'm so used to gigging ; I 've been doing a steady diet of around four gigs a week to support myself for many years , whereas they make an album then go out on tour every two years . ’ |