Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been [verb] [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 | Get a bit of sympathy cos I 've been asked for eight by you . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 've been reading about these waves . ’ |
| 7 | What d' you think I 've been thinking about all the time ? |
| 8 | 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 … ’ |
| 9 | No I 've been thinking about that actually , I must |
| 10 | ‘ Listen , kiddo , I 've been thinking about this . |
| 11 | I 've been thinking about this , sir — well , I 've had nothing else to think about . |
| 12 | ‘ Doctor , I 've been thinking about this planet . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been thinking about this time muddle , Cassie . |
| 14 | I 've been thinking about this , too . |
| 15 | I 've been thinking about these requests for miracles . |
| 16 | I 've been thinking about these blinds for such a long time . |
| 17 | But I 've been thinking about next week . |
| 18 | but I 've been reinstated to twenty three pounds |
| 19 | In the past year I 've been invited by many of you to meet branch members and to make shop visits all over the United Kingdom . |
| 20 | I 've got five so far and I 've been getting into good positions . ’ |
| 21 | Same goes for about half the words I 've been learning from that little minx . |
| 22 | I 've been tied to older people , my father … riveted to him . |
| 23 | I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ? |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been watching over this project since its inception . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been living on odd bits and pieces , ’ he says , ‘ as well as the proceeds of my first novel . ’ |
| 26 | " Lord , I feel as if I 've been living with this case for ever ! " |
| 27 | And I 've been living for seven years ! |
| 28 | For nine years , I 've been living in unwedded bliss with my partner Christian . |
| 29 | She thought : I 've been living like this for years . |
| 30 | 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 . |