Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been telling them about the different sensitivity which Asian women have to their babies and the fact that you ca n't just go up to an Asian woman with the diet leaflet and say you should be giving your baby Cod Liver Oil , because 90 per cent of Asians in Wandsworth are vegetarians . |
| 2 | I have been watching him for some weeks , and I accuse him publicly — before the whole school ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It might surprise you , Hans , but I have been watching you for some time now . |
| 4 | ‘ I have been expecting you for a week , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I have been buying it since 1967 , every single copy ! |
| 6 | Cheapies are fine — I have been using them for years ! |
| 7 | I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same . |
| 8 | I have been growing them for ten years , and for the past two years I have been hybridising . |
| 9 | Well this is what I 'm saying Ton you and I have been saying it during the game that that the other players ca n't score goals it 's as simple as that . |
| 10 | Why , Edward and I have been planning it for days — it has done much to keep up his spirits ! ’ |
| 11 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 12 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 13 | But I followed him , and I have been following him since that day . |
| 14 | ‘ If you have been taking me for granted , ’ Mr O'Hara argued , ‘ then that is my fault . |
| 15 | It may be that you have been taking them for so long that you are caught up in a chemical spiral and can not now function without them . |
| 16 | I gather you have been chasing them for two weeks for their time . |
| 17 | You have been casting them from that very first night when the gods sent you to haunt me ! ’ |
| 18 | To start with , you might have to go through the whole exercise in order to relax again but , once you have been doing it for some time , you will find that all you need to do is to picture your own peaceful scene and , because the link is permanently there in your subconscious mind , you will immediately begin to feel more peaceful , both mentally and physically . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , yes , we have been hunting them for years . |
| 20 | Things like this should n't really surprise people because we have been telling them about what has been going on Down Under for years . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We have been plunging them into boiling water for years and it is ridiculous to say we are being cruel . |
| 22 | We have been paying them in England since 21 February and virtually a third of claims have been met . |
| 23 | We have been planning it for more than a year . |
| 24 | The latest flare-up between the two countries — following last summer 's ball-tampering claims and counter-claims — is a direct result of Graveney 's remarks following the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , when he said : ‘ They have been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |