Example sentences of "i have be [v-ing] in a " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
2 | I had been drinking in a bar with the sub-editor , who had become a friend . |
3 | It felt as if I had been living in a room with closed curtains , and all of a sudden its windows had been thrown open and the sun had come bursting in . |
4 | ‘ I 've been working in a hotel since I left school — up until the flood that was . |
5 | I 've been working in a male environment now for several years , and I 've got quite used to hearing my colleagues speculate about me and my private life ! |
6 | I know times I get it , like maybe just at one side , if I 've been sitting in a hard seat |
7 | FOR 40 years , I have been dealing in a wide variety of paintings ranging from Old Masters to French Impressionists , Dutch Romantics to modern British pictures . |
8 | Since Tuesday , when I went to tea with Ivy , I have been living in a dream of confusion and discomfort . |
9 | ‘ I have been living in a Social Services Home for about seven years . |
10 | ‘ I have been living in a bed and breakfast for the past 15 months with my kids and me in the one room . |
11 | You know , since last night , I have been indulging in a series of small fantasies … ’ |