Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been [verb] [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the kind of earthly and human illustrations that I 've been trying to use this morning are all bound to fall short . |
| 2 | I 've been trying to vacuum this through all morning I have n't even done it |
| 3 | I 've been asked to bring this in like this . |
| 4 | ‘ If you knew how much I 've been wanting to do this . ’ |
| 5 | I 've been wanting to say this for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time . |
| 7 | I 've been meaning to say this for a long time , ’ said Susan , with an assumption of severity which moved her sister to ribald mirth . |
| 8 | Now the enemy 's all deflated and dead , I feel like all my friends and all the artists were like little pygmies and we 've been trying to kill this elephant all these years with little arrows , and finally tonight … |