Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] be [v-ing] a [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | As a project engineer , I 've been using a similar document for about the last six months . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been hearing a few things about this boy that s come to live at Beech Place . |
| 8 | ‘ I feel , ’ he said , ‘ as if I 've been waiting a hundred years for you . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 10 | I 've been paying a full stamp since nineteen seventy four . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been driving a great deal in the States but it was either a Packard or a Studebaker . ’ |
| 12 | 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 " |
| 13 | I 've been employing a similar battle plan in slightly different circumstances and I 've scored at least one tactical victory . |
| 14 | Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | I 've been feeling a wee bit sick . |
| 17 | I 've been feeling a wee bit |
| 18 | I 've been having a mad one have n't I ? |
| 19 | I 've been burping an awful lot , in my stomach . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been running three or four miles every day for a week , and using a trampoline at home to build up my fitness , and I 've been keeping a close eye on what I eat . |
| 21 | I 've been designing a new collection . ’ |
| 22 | I have been thinking a great deal about it , and I really think there was much force in what your friends said … |
| 23 | I have been thinking a good deal , as I 'm sure you have , about the decline in income and the urgent need to improve matters . |
| 24 | I have been trying a new range of foods from OSI , an American company with a good reputation in the States , which manufactures a massive range of both freshwater and marine food products . |
| 25 | I have been preaching a few times and invitations are coming in , so it is good experience for me . |
| 26 | I have been giving a great deal of consideration towards the most effective Council Tax structure to be adopted based on the experiences of Community Charge to date . |
| 27 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 28 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 29 | I have been walking a great deal , he wrote . |
| 30 | Tam Dalyell is wrong to say that I have been predicting a total European ban on lead in petrol as from June this year ( Forum . |