Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [v-ing] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pretty much what happened was that I 'd been waiting all this time to be successful , to achieve whatever I was going to achieve , now I had and I was sitting in this flippin' hotel thinking : This is not where it 's at . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd been planning that very thing . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He says it 's because he volunteered when he was too young and now he 's been pestering them , but I 've been pestering all three services and got nowhere . ’ |
| 4 | Incidentally , I 've been reading some recent studies of Sardinian banditry . |
| 5 | But so far , that 's why I chitted at him this morning about that coal because I 've been using this all morning , I 've not been lighting fire till between one and three o'clock . |
| 6 | I 've been seeing these funny yellow ones ! |
| 7 | I 've been waiting all this time for a baby , but I must admit the carrying of it is more tiring than I 'd expected . ’ |
| 8 | I will , because I 've been recording all this . |
| 9 | I 've been going half crazy with worry wondering what on earth had happened to you . ’ |
| 10 | I 've been practising this mega dance routine . |
| 11 | Me , I 've been doing that all my life . ’ |
| 12 | I 've been doing all this that looks nice yes ? |
| 13 | ‘ It … it 's just that life is so bloody and I 've been carrying this dreadful emotional weight around with me since Seville and I want rid of it . ’ |
| 14 | It 's funny you know , since I 've been having these new cars I see these old cars , what a lot of bloody rubbish on the road , you know ! |
| 15 | I must say I 've only grown two maincrop this year , I 've been clearing some new ground and I 've just grown King Edward and Pink Fir Apple , I 've got the biggest biggest Pink Fir Apples you have ever seen bar none but I 'm coming back to you now Fred , I put to you a few minutes ago , your personal recommendations for the best three or four or five potatoes for the different cooking purposes . |
| 16 | I 've been requesting that small courtesy for weeks ! |
| 17 | But he added : ‘ That said , I must say I am extremely pessimistic about the future of the plant , given all that I have been hearing these last few days . ’ |
| 18 | It is very hard to fight like I have been doing these last few months . |
| 19 | And I discover , to my horror , that I am slowly becoming what I have been claiming all this time to be . |
| 20 | One thing I think I know now , though — where she has been hiding all this time . |
| 21 | ‘ She has been doing some spectacular work , going very well with Governor 's Imp , and Luca Cumani very generously let me work her with Red Slippers the other day , and after that I knew we had a live Group One horse , ’ the trainer added . |
| 22 | She 'd worn slacks all through rehearsals and the only other times he 'd seen her she 'd been wearing that dreary suit . |
| 23 | There must be hundreds of people named McMahon — Be ironic , though , would n't it , if she 'd been staying all this time in the house of the woman she was looking for ? |
| 24 | Ca n't believe you 've been watching all this television . |
| 25 | How can I know what you 've been thinking all this time ? |
| 26 | Like me , you 've been waiting all these years , whether you knew it or not . ’ |
| 27 | I know you 've been investigating that horrible Martin man , even though you 've tried to keep it quiet , so here you are . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ So you 've been paying this other man for three months . |
| 29 | You think you 're exhausted after a days work imagine if you 've been doing that all day long , shouting |
| 30 | You 've been doing those alright have n't you . |