Example sentences of "[pers pn] have be [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been expecting a great hall with a giant round table , towering turrets , a moat and a drawbridge , but , of course , it turned out to be a ruin . |
| 2 | I 'd been writing a monthly column for Options as long as I 'd been writing at all . |
| 3 | If I 'd been doing a pukka delivery , I could just have carried straight on virtually due north and come to City Road . |
| 4 | I 'd been applying a special cream to his ankles which was supposed to harden the skin , but it did n't seem to do much good . |
| 5 | I have no compass to tell me what I am destined for ; and yet , when I look back , everything seems to fit as well together as if I 'd been following a benevolent daimon all along … |
| 6 | He turned out to be an inspector of taxes with whom I had been conducting a mini back-duty enquiry and which was in the concluding stages . |
| 7 | I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water . |
| 8 | In those days I had been doing a good deal of drawing ; and , having come under Wyndham Lewis 's influence , I took my Vorticist efforts round to the Master , and , to my surprise , I found that he thought quite well of them . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | 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 |
| 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 been hearing a few things about this boy that s come to live at Beech Place . |
| 15 | ‘ I feel , ’ he said , ‘ as if I 've been waiting a hundred years for you . ’ |
| 16 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 17 | I 've been paying a full stamp since nineteen seventy four . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been driving a great deal in the States but it was either a Packard or a Studebaker . ’ |
| 19 | 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 " |
| 20 | I 've been employing a similar battle plan in slightly different circumstances and I 've scored at least one tactical victory . |
| 21 | Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | I 've been feeling a wee bit sick . |
| 24 | I 've been feeling a wee bit |
| 25 | I 've been having a mad one have n't I ? |
| 26 | I 've been burping an awful lot , in my stomach . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | I 've been designing a new collection . ’ |
| 29 | I have been thinking a great deal about it , and I really think there was much force in what your friends said … |
| 30 | 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 . |