Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [pers pn] have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's his first film for five years and he told me it 's been creating quite a stir , because of its subject matter . |
| 2 | Just that someone told me you 'd been seeing her . |
| 3 | Silas told me he had been taking you round the sheep . ’ |
| 4 | He told me he had been studying poetry with Enright , and that he wrote poetry too . |
| 5 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 6 | A client who hated her job told me she had been considering other options for two years , without taking any positive action . |
| 7 | and she said , I told you he had been licking , she said oh , even with the licking , that 's excellent I 'm very pleased . |
| 8 | ‘ Later I told you I 'd been overreacting , ’ Luke reminded her tightly . |
| 9 | I gave him the booklet and I told him I 'd been doing it … oh , yes , and he 'd put it in as one of his objectives for this year . |
| 10 | I told him I 'd been talking to Richie . |
| 11 | I told her I 'd been dreaming and she sat on the bed and held my hand for a bit . |
| 12 | Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life … |
| 13 | He told her he had been thinking of the text he had just learnt , ‘ Prepare to meet thy God , ’ and perhaps he might die tonight , and he did not know if he was ready , if his sins were all forgiven … |
| 14 | Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges . |
| 15 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
| 16 | All right , I 'm , I 'm never speaking to you again because ever since you dumped him he 's been hanging around with us and he 's pissing me off ! |
| 17 | ‘ The last time I saw him he 'd been drinking pretty heavily and he pushed me about a bit . |