Example sentences of "i have been [v-ing] a [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 | I have been preaching a few times and invitations are coming in , so it is good experience for me . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I have been walking a great deal , he wrote . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |