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

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1	For a while I had been ringing the Lost Property office at Queen Street station each week , still pathetically hoping that the bag with Uncle Rory 's poems and Darren Watt 's Möbius scarf would somehow miraculously turn up again .
2	The last time I had been on Shunner Fell two years previously I had been walking the Pennine Way and had left Tan Hill on a rainy June day , with heavy clouds following me south as I travelled .
3	‘ No , I 've been freelancing the last couple of years . ’
4	‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album .
5	Right , erm , what happens then , Philip , if the client says to you , and it 's unlikely with Covermaster , but it 's the same principle if you 're talking of a savings plan or a pension , erm , I do n't like the idea of my money being invested in a managed fund , I 've been reading the financial press , and I 'm very interested and excited at the thought of the Japanese market going up through the roof .
6	I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days .
7	‘ I 've been thinking the same thing .
8	‘ I 've been learning the ancient Japanese martial art of san tu dang for about 10 years now and that helps me keep my weight constant .
9	I 've been leaving the worst to last .
10	I 've n I 've been using the other keyboard all on the X T and I ca n't get used to this one yet .
11	‘ I 've been using the front entrance lately . ’
12	I 've been using the same box for several years now .
13	Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’
14	‘ I 've been fighting the inevitable for too long , darling .
15	I arrived on Sunday and I 've been revisiting the old places .
16	‘ I 've been saying the exact same thing with regard to this Mr Wrong she 's so darned keen on . ’
17	’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ .
18	I 've been analysing the two sessions ever since .
19	I 've been playing the Modern Jazz Quartet 's records over and over again .
20	I have been reading the last few pages and I think they are true and beautiful and just , recompense enough for the cold gloom of this untidy and lonely room .
21	Odilo and I have been airing the new apartment until it is heavy with her smell .
22	In all the time I have been writing the bass analysis column , I can not remember receiving any requests for the very influential playing of John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin , and now I get two in the same month .
23	During the past week I have been watching the Germanic guru , Ralf Dahrendorf , on the box , telling us Britishers just where we are going wrong .
24	I have been driving the best of the best-selling model , the X2 1.5 hatchback , updated at the last Motor Show .
25	Therefore , there must be value elsewhere and I have been studying the other prices .
26	I have been examining the Liberal Democrats ' environmental document called , ’ Costing the Earth ’ .
27	I have been following the hon. Gentleman carefully .
28	She has been spreading the Comic Relief message since she went to see a Comic Relief project for homeless young people in London two years ago .
29	A hard-working Society member , for many years a member of the National Display Team and nore recently of the Surrey and Sussex team , she has been putting the latter through their paces for ‘ In the Pink ’ , the ball item first performed at last year 's Reunion .
30	When the same scene happens night after night , his mother realizes that she has been doing the wrong thing , so instead she puts him to bed no matter how long or hard he cries .