Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage .
2 She 'd sided with my parents a couple of years before when I 'd been thinking of a career as an artist , and they were opposed to that …
3 Chris had insisted that if he was going to go out there , then so was I. I 'd been searching for a way out all night , but nothing convincing came to mind .
4 I 'd been looking for a fairly young product which had a range of merchandise to allow a shop to stand on its own two feet .
5 Equally the use of ebony seemed a good choice ; I 'd been looking for an excuse to make something in ebony for ages , anyway !
6 But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed .
7 No , not just one day , as I said , I 'd been trying for a few
8 ‘ I feel as though I 'd been living under an anaesthetic for years and years . ’
9 Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance .
10 I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery .
11 And that was the only part I did n't care for , because if I 'd been arriving at a lot of conclusions that were wrong , then I could be wrong about this too .
12 He settled down with a dance student called Jane , then ‘ one day I was sitting with her in a train station and I realised I 'd been staring at a bloke for about ten minutes ’ .
13 My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days .
14 Soon after that , I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at U.C.L. which paid me a small salary of 750 per annum — this was slightly less than what I had been earning as a teacher , but it enabled me to return full-time to research at U.C.L. The money for the studentship had been provided by a television network , ATN .
15 It was a coincidence that the previous weekend I had been sorting through an old trunk of mine full of memorabilia at my parents ' home , and came across my membership certificate for the Tailwaggers Club , along with Tailwagger medallion .
16 I had been drinking in a bar with the sub-editor , who had become a friend .
17 It might have been a delayed reaction to the drugs I had been taking for an operation I 'd recently had on my foot , but this seemed unlikely .
18 I had been listening to a lot of songs in very different styles , quite consciously , to try to get a little more inspiration for when we went into the studio .
19 It felt as if I had been living in a room with closed curtains , and all of a sudden its windows had been thrown open and the sun had come bursting in .
20 I had been haggling like a nomad , while they , dressed like English salesmen , were ready to pay without question .
21 When I was eighteen I came in contact with the Catholic Crusade which was a rather left wing Christian Socialist Organization and I found that their attitude to problems contained the answers for which I had been searching for a good many years tell me when you want me to raise something .
22 I had been trying for a year to obtain some black Amazon wood for my Discus tank , but my local dealers did not stock it .
23 If I had been looking for a lover — I admit my husband 's fortunes were not at their brightest , and my friendship with the Philosopher was a little turbulent at that time — then I should not have chosen Gustave .
24 I had been looking for a full-length piece to do anyway and I was also attracted to the idea of working with a ballet company . ’
25 It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’
26 I had been walking towards a closed door , and by a sudden magic its impenetrable wood became glass , through which I saw myself coming from the other direction , the future .
27 If you take into account the fact that I have been up till after midnight every night since Monday , that I have a cold , and that that morning I had been talking on a sore throat from 9.30 to 1 o'clock , perhaps you will understand . ’
28 I had bought a pair of trousers and a T-shirt when I had been shopping with a friend .
29 I had been working as a dai ( midwife ) for the Government since 1974 , but I resigned when they stopped paying my salary and only paid me if I brought in patients to be sterilized .
30 ‘ Before the student demonstrations I had been working with a group of Latin American intellectuals in Paris , helping bring out a magazine .
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