Example sentences of "i 've been [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , I 've been analyzing every dream I can remember now for the last twenty one years and er I think I 've got rather good at dream interpretation I must admit . |
| 2 | Yes , yes , but erm , you know , I have had to say to the chaps , one of them came in and he said he 'd been spoiled down at the cedar and I said oh well , I , I 've been cooking a breakfast for Neil of course by the operation of sods law , Neil suddenly goes off the idea of having breakfast , so I find myself cooking breakfast for this other lump , who is as idol and selfish as anybody ever met in all the born days , and I said to him just recently , I said , I , I ca n't get up and do breakfast 's in the morning any more , well he says he come 's down and does he 's own , you see they can when they feel that they want too . |
| 3 | It 's dark , cold and pouring with rain as I leave the office of E. and B. Productions where I 've been discussing the pantomime orchestra with Paul , the company musical director . |
| 4 | I 've been considering the problem this afternoon . |
| 5 | I 've been reading a copy of the above document and I must say I am very disturbed by its proposals , and disappointed at the negative attitude it conveys . |
| 6 | ‘ But I 've been reading an interview in Groundswell where Johnny Boy says that he 's misunderstood and really he 's got a heart of gold . ’ |
| 7 | But recently I 've been thinking a lot about a person I see once a week at a club . |
| 8 | ‘ Miranda , I 've been thinking a lot about you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been thinking a lot about it , ’ she said , moving the salt cellar in a pattern on the tablecloth , ‘ and I think — ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Since then I 've been training every day , and going on runs . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been monitoring the transmission from Moloch . ’ |
| 12 | And I 've been mowing the lawn . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been getting a lot of flak about fighting in Spain and I did n't want Anne to get any . |
| 14 | ‘ Lately I 've been getting a hankering to play country music again , so I 've got together with a friend and put together a fun band called Modern Farmer . |
| 15 | I 've been using a leave-in conditioner on my hair and am very pleased with the results . |
| 16 | I 've been using the Lazer ever since , except for playing slide , when I still use the Firebird . ’ |
| 17 | It 's just all sore and I 've been taking a pain here this week . |
| 18 | I sometimes join them , if their smell is n't too gamey , and exchange the time of day during my lunch hour , just to make sure that I still have the use of my voice if I 've been feeding the archive into the computer all day . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been wanting a bike for ages , only Daddy has n't been able to manage it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been wanting a chat with Arthur , ’ he had said gleefully . |
| 21 | yes , I got a bit tired out because erm somebody mentioned table tennis and I said oh I 've been wanting a game for years ! |
| 22 | I 've been writing a book . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been writing a book . ’ |
| 24 | Because I 've been watching the front of your house long enough to know . |
| 25 | ‘ No , I have n't , but I 've been hearing a lot about it , and I 've read books , of course . ’ |
| 26 | I 've been overhauling the gearbox in my Series III 109 , 4-cylinder petrol , but can not find a trace of gearbox number to order parts . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been waiting an hour , ’ I said . |
| 28 | We have been running an experiment in our laboratories , which erm , employs about eighteen hundred people , and I 've been paying a sum of money , so that they can have anybody with a problem in the laboratories , can have independent counselling , er , and it seems to me , I 've been lo reviewing it , measurement again , we 've just been running it for a year , and I 've been interested to see the types of problem they 've been taking outside . |
| 29 | I 've been following every move he 's made outside the walls these last ten days . |
| 30 | I 've been loafing a bit for the last few days . |