Example sentences of "i have be [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd been thinking about this all the way back to London .
2 During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus .
3 The last dying patient I 'd been to visit in this hospital had been the caretaker of our Health Centre , in much pain from a carcinoma of the pancreas .
4 I 'd been writing a monthly column for Options as long as I 'd been writing at all .
5 ‘ I did n't even know of them until later on in my teens , after I 'd been recording for several years .
6 I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself .
7 I 'd been working on that right during training it was more of a natural reaction . ’
8 Well no before that , I mean I 'd been told before all this Pete business yesterday night , I was told Elliot fancied me and that was true you know ?
9 so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that .
10 ‘ I felt I 'd been caught in some street scam .
11 I tried to remember when I 'd been held like that before , and by whom .
12 Should I have been told before this ?
13 I decided to go back to the village , to thank him for all his help , and to carry out a plan I had been considering for some time .
14 I had been warned of this , and was therefore able to take the extra engagements in my stride , and to enjoy the opportunity to visit varying institutions and talk to people of all positions on the academic scene .
15 By the time I was twelve years old I had been thinking for some time about getting a bird of my own .
16 I experienced a moment of complete terror in which my mind raced — I had been discovered after all ; it was obvious that I had a limp ; everyone could see it ; they 'd seen it all along and had chosen this moment to hit me with it , my weakest moment …
17 My flight path ended on a small ledge , my hands still grasping Olympus camera which I had been cradling for all my worth , regardless of the blows striking my body from every angle .
18 It was a cold day and I had been standing in that particular spot for half an hour , so I was glad to get into the car , which was driven by a smart-looking man in a tweed cap .
19 It was not however , until I arrived in the country , and found myself surrounded by objects as strange as if I had been transported to another planet , that I conceived the idea of devoting a portion of my attention to the mammalian class of its extraordinary fauna . ’
20 In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go .
21 I had been working for more than an hour and my wrists ached from the continuous chopping , but I was filled with an immense exhilaration .
22 I 've been listening to that a lot .
23 ‘ Well , I 've been reading about these waves . ’
24 What d' you think I 've been thinking about all the time ?
25 Having said that , I do n't blame them because ‘ Ironfist ’ was n't the greatest album it could have been and ‘ Another Perfect Day ’ , well , I 've been thinking about that and I 'm sure it was n't just the album … ’
26 No I 've been thinking about that actually , I must
27 ‘ Listen , kiddo , I 've been thinking about this .
28 I 've been thinking about this , sir — well , I 've had nothing else to think about .
29 ‘ Doctor , I 've been thinking about this planet .
30 I 've been thinking about this time muddle , Cassie .
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