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 .
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