Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [v-ing] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So it does n't matter if I say no , ’ I said with some relief , for I had been feeling somewhat guilty at risking Thessy 's chances of making some money . |
| 2 | Mr Deputy Speaker how right you are Mr Deputy Speaker , I 've been trying very hard methodically to stick these regulations , unfortunately when you get members ask you direct questions if one does n't get any kind of answer it gives the impression you 're ignoring them . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , err … you know , I 've been getting rather anxious about my finals . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been hearing how marvellous you are , ’ said Ricky drily to Violet , ‘ but I 'd no idea how marvellous . |
| 5 | I do n't know , basically I 've been working so hard and pushing so hard I have n't really slowed down to even think about what I 'm doing with my work . |
| 6 | get depressed about it , I 've been feeling very depressed about it |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm so glad I told you , ’ she continued — ’ I 've been feeling terribly guilty while it 's been going on . ’ |
| 8 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
| 9 | I 've been feeling so depressed and tearful and choked up . |
| 10 | I 've been feeling so wretched these past two weeks because we 've been apart . |
| 11 | " I 've been sitting here worried sick . " |
| 12 | I think I needed a break I have been pushing really hard and was more tired than I was prepared to admit , ’ he says . |
| 13 | I have been feeling so groggy lately I just want to ensure the plan does n't go awry if anything happens to me … " |
| 14 | It 's funny , I have been having really weird dreams over the last three nights , and I never dream . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've been acting bloody peculiar for months now . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You 've been working extremely hard . ’ |
| 17 | She had been listening slightly spellbound to this smooth recital , and now she said , ‘ How far can you go ? ’ |
| 18 | For the past half-hour she had been feeling distinctly uneasy as the ever-present shadows had deepened into almost impenetrable blackness . |
| 19 | Up to that moment , she had been feeling perfectly well . |
| 20 | There , she had been feeling chaotically confused by her mounting enjoyment of the outing , but fatally seduced by Roman 's excellent company , and the warmth and luxury and sheer hedonism of it all . |
| 21 | When she had finished , her whole body throbbed , ached , was raw , as if she had been cutting up small pieces of herself . |
| 22 | ‘ You have been sailing very close to the wind , miss , ’ he said as Dai returned to the room . |
| 23 | I mean everyone knows she fancies him , but like , she 's been getting really flirty ! |
| 24 | ‘ I expect she 's been sitting too long in the sun , ’ she said . |
| 25 | We 'd been saying how awful it was , how sorry we were for Connie . |
| 26 | ’ At the weekends we 've been getting so busy that we hav n't been able to fly all the members . |
| 27 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |
| 28 | We will have to , by law , respond to them , but you ca n't see the Children Act outside of the context of what we 're already doing with our other Children 's Services , as you know from previous discussions we 've had and from keeping track in the papers , over the last eighteen months we 've been recruiting more foster carers , reducing the number of children 's homes , developing preventative services rather than receiving children into care . |
| 29 | The second reason that , that we 're delighted to see you is that as a Trades Council we have been trying very hard over the last six or seven years to raise the profile of the trade union movement and this has been quite difficult in in during the Thatcher years , during the anti-trade union legislation , the onslaught by the media , trade unions er , the profile of trade unions has not been easy to raise . |
| 30 | We have been running totally new services . |