Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've been listening to that a lot . |
2 | I 've been cooking for 7 years now , including my school , my cookery school . |
3 | ‘ Lucky devil , I 've been trying for eight years and still have n't cracked it yet . ’ |
4 | ‘ I 've been trying for forty years and the margin of error 's still about eighty per cent . ’ |
5 | ‘ Well , I 've been reading about these waves . ’ |
6 | What d' you think I 've been thinking about all the time ? |
7 | Having said that , I do n't blame them because ‘ Ironfist ’ was n't the greatest album it could have been and ‘ Another Perfect Day ’ , well , I 've been thinking about that and I 'm sure it was n't just the album … ’ |
8 | No I 've been thinking about that actually , I must |
9 | ‘ Listen , kiddo , I 've been thinking about this . |
10 | I 've been thinking about this , sir — well , I 've had nothing else to think about . |
11 | ‘ Doctor , I 've been thinking about this planet . |
12 | ‘ I 've been thinking about this time muddle , Cassie . |
13 | I 've been thinking about this , too . |
14 | I 've been thinking about these requests for miracles . |
15 | I 've been thinking about these blinds for such a long time . |
16 | But I 've been thinking about next week . |
17 | I 've got five so far and I 've been getting into good positions . ’ |
18 | Same goes for about half the words I 've been learning from that little minx . |
19 | ‘ I 've been watching over this project since its inception . |
20 | ‘ I 've been living on odd bits and pieces , ’ he says , ‘ as well as the proceeds of my first novel . ’ |
21 | " Lord , I feel as if I 've been living with this case for ever ! " |
22 | And I 've been living for seven years ! |
23 | For nine years , I 've been living in unwedded bliss with my partner Christian . |
24 | She thought : I 've been living like this for years . |
25 | they would allow me half now erm I 've been looking at one particular church , one denomination er , which is the Methodist Church , although it has been said already here this afternoon , or this morning rather there are an overall erm joint style with Methodist and with United Reform Church and erm I have personally the Methodist of last year , last September where it gives and also erm , mileage recommendations . |
26 | Yes I 've been looking at that and thinking we 'll take it , mm |
27 | Yes , I 've been , I 've been looking at this and see what I can play . |
28 | I 've been looking at some of the lines not as lines , but as things he has touched . |
29 | ‘ I 've been looking at some of those paraffin convector heaters . |
30 | I 've been looking at some of the old programmes that some of the fans brought from those shows , and it was interesting to look back and see the people that I travelled with . ’ |