Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [verb] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been wanting to break a board over my head for a long while . |
| 2 | At first I thought I 'd been commissioned to rewrite The Archers theme . |
| 3 | But after years of the DHSS , it really was the first time I 'd been spoken to like a human being . |
| 4 | My only child — I 'd been advised to have no more — and Celia saved her life . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I had been trying to negotiate the Friday lunch-time run , which was the most lucrative , office-party wise , as ER was always on the lookout for reliable drivers who could not only deliver their people but hang around and pick them up . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I had been bred to regard the Jews as a people of the Book , who had suffered for their devotion to one God . |
| 11 | I 've been made to look an awful fool … so humiliated … |
| 12 | ‘ My lord sheriff , reverend gentlemen , ’ said the earl , ‘ you come very aptly , if Robin has reported your errand rightly , for I confess I 've been tempted to lift the lid on whatever it is they 've brought me from Ullesthorpe . |
| 13 | It 's because of that interest , and those letters , that I 've been sent to do a special report . ’ |
| 14 | I 've been hoping to catch a glimpse of you . ’ |
| 15 | I 've been hoping to find the right opportunity for weeks . |
| 16 | For thirty years I 've been trying to give an affirmative reply to that question . |
| 17 | I I 've I 've been trying to see the 's about it and about getting copies of some of his poems so that people could see them you know . |
| 18 | Ever since then I 've been trying to get the speed back . ’ |
| 19 | good , good support for her though she said he 's erm , he 's good , I 've been trying to phone the Mencap place all morning , I ca n't get through I , I do n't know |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been trying to unlock the doors of the cell using this device . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been trying to find a tactful way to drop him for ages . ’ |
| 22 | Whenever I 've been asked to take a sponsored parachute jump I 've declined , giving the excuse ‘ fear of flying ’ . |
| 23 | Incidentally I 've been asked to keep the talk fairly short , to avoid nodding off . |
| 24 | Du n no yet , I really do n't know , erm well I only popped in Sundays , I 've been going to spend the week , er the other half and me ended up in Littlehampton and Arronale for the day . |
| 25 | I 've been known to have the odd game , yes . |
| 26 | I 've been known to book a court and play tennis with Caroline ( who has the habit of beating me ) . |
| 27 | I 've been forced to pay a high enough price for the goods , for heaven 's sake . |
| 28 | I know that something new has happened , that I 've been forced to make a connection I 've never made before . |
| 29 | ‘ I — I 've been chosen to inherit a fortune , ’ I whispered . |
| 30 | I 've been dying to make a good ginger pudding for years ! |