Example sentences of "i [vb base] [been] [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been living on odd bits and pieces , ’ he says , ‘ as well as the proceeds of my first novel . ’ |
| 2 | I 've been working on that part of my game and it came off tonight . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been working on this project for two years — two full years with God knows how many people involved . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been working on this for a couple of weeks now . |
| 5 | Because the way that I erm , I 've been working on this procedure and in fact I sense this too , and I have most of what was currently there for research project , project related sub-contracting , in other words sub-contracting with B P or if necessary , which I felt that more or less covered and what it was n't covering was when a Marie type situation on software , where I was going to put a different section , which is where the report , when it 's on research project related company facts , then I pay for the software . |
| 6 | There 's an old clay range up in the woods , and I 've been practising on that . |
| 7 | Since giving up work to start my family , I have been working on two books — a novel and a cookery book related to my former job ( I was a home economist ) . |
| 8 | But I have been working on some things especially for Pierantozzi , and hopefully I will get a chance to try them out . ’ |
| 9 | I have been working on this book about the Prince of Palatine for over 25 years ; I 'll never finish it , but who cares , it 's interesting , especially since I can read seventeenth-century German which very few people can . ’ |