Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] been [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Funny I 'd just been saying that , just been reading a book allegedly written by erm Uri Geller , you know the |
| 2 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 3 | ‘ I had n't been feeling terrific ’ , he went on , ‘ since I got into the hospital . |
| 4 | I had not been counting own goals for more than a few minutes when I heard extraordinary sounds coming from my wardrobe . |
| 5 | If I had not been chasing that gipsy woman I could have gone to the party and chased Leila . ’ |
| 6 | I had always been singing energetic music from the time I was just a little girl , and when I started getting songs like Sweet Nothings , I loved those songs , and I wanted to sing them . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've just been brewing some coffee — I expect you 'd like a cup . |
| 8 | I 've just been watching all that Fields , that chap Fields . |
| 9 | I know I should n't talk like this , but Brendan was the best fuck I ever had , and I guess I 've just been feeling guilty towards my family for enjoying it . ’ |
| 10 | All right I 've just been making some notes here . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've also been playing these new Chandler guitars . |
| 12 | I 've actually I 've actually been doing some arithmetic while you were talking |
| 13 | He said , ‘ I 've now been waiting two bloody years for my commission on the Framwell deal . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm supposed to , watching me diet and I have n't been eating roast potatoes |
| 15 | Mm , I have n't been shopping this weekend . |
| 16 | Though I have n't been testing these boots for long before writing this review , initial impressions are very favourable . |
| 17 | ‘ I have n't been having any nasty suspicious thoughts … ’ |
| 18 | I have n't been doing much on Sunday . |
| 19 | I have n't been selling snide Rolexes for nothing , you know . ’ |
| 20 | Do you think I have not been following all that you have done and all that has been done to you all these months ? ’ |
| 21 | In addition to these foods , I have recently been feeding frozen mice , which are available from shops which supply reptiles . |
| 22 | I have recently been making sculpted furniture , using a variety of power carving methods for fast timber removal . |
| 23 | He 's gone part of the way along the r road by doing what you 've just been describing non-executive directors but erm it could be a weakness if he 's seen as a er erm a business man and cavalier as opposed to somebody who fits in with the style that the city 's always looking for . |
| 24 | He said wonderingly , ‘ You 've really been storing this up , have n't you ? ’ |
| 25 | Why has everything suddenly become she you 've only been doing this the last few days . |
| 26 | ‘ If she had n't been screaming all that nonsense at the top of her voice , it would never have happened . |
| 27 | But no , she had n't been wearing that dress , of course she had n't . |
| 28 | She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side . |
| 29 | She had not been receiving any fertility treatment and it was only after a routine scan that all was revealed . |
| 30 | The night she got pregnant she had already been feeling depressed , and afterwards she immediately regretted what had happened . |