Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been wanting to break a board over my head for a long while . |
| 2 | But after years of the DHSS , it really was the first time I 'd been spoken to like a human being . |
| 3 | I had been asked to teach a course of lectures at the Teachers ’ College , which is the only place in NZ to run a speech therapy course ( run jointly with the university ) ; so I was staying on for an extra 4 weeks , while the others ( except Ned , who was also staying in Christchurch with his job ) headed for Auckland to fly home . |
| 4 | If I had been asked to decorate a flat to reflect McIllvanney 's character then I would have given him an East Belfast bar with sawdust scattered on the floor , King Billy strutting on the walls , and blood splattered across its tobacco-stained ceiling . |
| 5 | I had been trying to get a membership list for the Cicero Club , but the only other name I could come up with was George Macready , a scarfaced iceman who had a profitable share of the City 's gambling and was best known for his sword-extruding walking stick . |
| 6 | Mr Murrell said : ‘ I had been planning to switch a lot of my British equity holdings in unit linked endowment policies and unit linked pension plans into either cash or deposit funds or with profit funds . |
| 7 | I 've been made to look an awful fool … so humiliated … |
| 8 | It 's because of that interest , and those letters , that I 've been sent to do a special report . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been hoping to catch a glimpse of you . ’ |
| 10 | For thirty years I 've been trying to give an affirmative reply to that question . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been trying to find a tactful way to drop him for ages . ’ |
| 12 | Whenever I 've been asked to take a sponsored parachute jump I 've declined , giving the excuse ‘ fear of flying ’ . |
| 13 | But it 's definitely a unique sound , with that percussive effect that ca n't be recreated on an electric bass — and I know that because I 've been getting sampled a lot recently … |
| 14 | I 've been known to book a court and play tennis with Caroline ( who has the habit of beating me ) . |
| 15 | I 've been forced to pay a high enough price for the goods , for heaven 's sake . |
| 16 | I know that something new has happened , that I 've been forced to make a connection I 've never made before . |
| 17 | ‘ I — I 've been chosen to inherit a fortune , ’ I whispered . |
| 18 | I 've been dying to make a good ginger pudding for years ! |
| 19 | Q I have been trying to locate a manufacturer of a walking boot or walking shoe which is synthetic , ie not leather or suede for a vegetarian friend , but so far have had no luck . |
| 20 | SIR — Since Peterborough reported that the Maastricht Treaty was being sold by HMSO ( March 19 ) I have been trying to obtain a copy without success . |
| 21 | ‘ I have been trying to get a video of the game for the past four or five years , but I have never had any success . ’ |
| 22 | Ever since being given a large stalk of them at the end of last summer , I have been wanting to make a design from them . |
| 23 | I find it very difficult to dwell on these serious — even gloomy — thoughts when the sun is shining , the winds light and I have been asked to take a party of visitors out for a boat trip . |
| 24 | I have been asked to do a couple of days work in Aberdeen sometime next month and also some part time development/fund-raising work for a charity ( The Association for the Preservation of Rural Scotland ) . |
| 25 | ‘ You know that I have been asked to give a course of sermons at St Basil 's ? |
| 26 | Nether Wyresdale Parish Council have received a summary of the report but I have been asked to obtain a copy of the complete report . |
| 27 | I have been asked to write an account of the social welfare programme of the Gulbenkian Foundation from 1964 to 1990 . |
| 28 | Q I have been asked to make an outside sign in timber for my bowls club . |
| 29 | I have been asked to send a copy of this letter to the local police station dealing with the accident . |
| 30 | When she heard this Vasilissa was even more frightened , but she said , " Oh , my sister , let me in I beg you , for I have been sent to fetch a little fire . " |