Example sentences of "i have been [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I have been thinking a great deal about it , and I really think there was much force in what your friends said … |
2 | I have been thinking a good deal , as I 'm sure you have , about the decline in income and the urgent need to improve matters . |
3 | I have been trying a new range of foods from OSI , an American company with a good reputation in the States , which manufactures a massive range of both freshwater and marine food products . |
4 | Odilo and I have been airing the new apartment until it is heavy with her smell . |
5 | In all the time I have been writing the bass analysis column , I can not remember receiving any requests for the very influential playing of John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin , and now I get two in the same month . |
6 | During the past week I have been watching the Germanic guru , Ralf Dahrendorf , on the box , telling us Britishers just where we are going wrong . |
7 | Therefore , there must be value elsewhere and I have been studying the other prices . |
8 | I have been examining the Liberal Democrats ' environmental document called , ’ Costing the Earth ’ . |
9 | I have been giving a great deal of consideration towards the most effective Council Tax structure to be adopted based on the experiences of Community Charge to date . |
10 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
11 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
12 | I have been walking a great deal , he wrote . |
13 | Tam Dalyell is wrong to say that I have been predicting a total European ban on lead in petrol as from June this year ( Forum . |
14 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
15 | My wife Pam has been for some time aware that I have been having an on-going relationship with Suzannah , who I believe is known to some of you . |
16 | I have been following the hon. Gentleman carefully . |