Example sentences of "i [verb] been [verb] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew I 'd overdone the garlic in the Rogan Josh because I 'd been trying to impress Zaria . |
| 2 | I suddenly remembered I 'd been intending to call Connors in any case . |
| 3 | I had been asked to consult Geoff Tulloch . |
| 4 | ‘ In terms of ideas , I had been trying to produce pictures at that time which had a very flat , two-dimensional feel to them , being torn between what I think are two different ends of photography , but which both have that quality . |
| 5 | ) At school , so that I would have time to practise two hours a day , by the age of 15 , I had been allowed to drop Latin ( Greek did not at any point arise ) and Maths . |
| 6 | Upon receiving a degree which would allow me to undertake research , I turned down a place which I had been offered to study theology , and went to Oxford . |
| 7 | She said , ‘ I 've been trying to reach Robin Culley . ’ |
| 8 | I 've been trying to generate IPX files using SHGEN , but I 'm obviously doing something wrong . |
| 9 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 10 | I 've been trying to spot room for that |
| 11 | Her angry look vanished , and quickly pulling herself together , she smiled at Giles and said , ‘ I 've been trying to persuade Robert to dance with me but without success . |
| 12 | Great , I 've been trying to get hold of you . |
| 13 | ‘ Finally , I 've been trying to get hold of you since yesterday afternoon ! |
| 14 | ‘ That 's why I 've been trying to get hold of you . ’ |
| 15 | As you know , I 've been trying to get hold of you all week . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past half-hour ! ’ |
| 17 | I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past two hours ! ’ the man exclaimed harshly as he stared down at Laura , who was gazing back at him as though she 'd seen a ghost . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you to see what all this nonsense is about . |
| 19 | I 've been trying to get hold of him |
| 20 | you know what I 've been trying to get hold of a couple of one of these you know the phones , the phones that Donald 's got |
| 21 | I 've been trying to get councillors to find out since then , but that 's a very hard job . |
| 22 | However , Muslim ex-singer Stevens , now Yusuf Islam 's reaction was anything but angry : ‘ I 've been trying to get record companies to stop selling my records for a long time . |
| 23 | I 've been trying to get routine security stepped up but you come right up against the lords of the wallet : who 's going to pay for it ? |
| 24 | I 've been trying to ring Liverpool direct but its constantly engaged . |
| 25 | I 've been trying to find Sally to do your mac . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been trying to contact Barney Willard . ’ |
| 27 | I 've been asked to coordinate initiatives — ’ |
| 28 | I am gon na wind up I 'm just gon na say if anybody wants some information about our database which is open to anybody in the country , I 've left some leaflets there erm , I 've been asked to plug Trade Union News which has been important to us too so I have erm and I finally I 'd say thank you very much for inviting me to come and speak to you . |
| 29 | Have the the teachers telling you a way of learning something like I 've been saying put C K if it 's on the end of the word . |
| 30 | I have been trying to draw attention away from the great cities , which were quite uncharacteristic of the scene in our centuries , and to focus on the small or middling sort ; and here we meet the doctrine so brilliantly established in recent decades by Philip Jones : that the Italian cities were essentially market towns in origin , in which nobles and knights and farmers and peasants had a common interest ; very often the knights lived as much in the towns as in their country fortresses or castles . |