Example sentences of "i have been [v-ing] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been expecting this news for some time but it still came as a terrible shock . |
| 2 | IF I HAD been writing this chapter twenty years ago , I would have headed it Wester Ross or Ross-shire without hesitation , and still prefer to do so despite the absorption of the area into the new county of Highland Region in I 974 . |
| 3 | For four years I had been planning this journey , and the thought of exploring Aussa and discovering what happened to the Awash had seldom been out of my mind . |
| 4 | Everything seemed brittle , and while that 's not uncommon with Strats , I 've been using this guitar regularly and it 's a particularly smooth one . |
| 5 | I 've been taking this pain under my armpit and it 's kind of under back . |
| 6 | All this time , all these years , I 've been lugging this weight around with me , for so long now that I 've forgotten what it 's like to be free of it . |
| 7 | And David quite got his bearings right , full toss that one , I 've , I 've been watching this summer this slope at Lord 's can play havoc with bowlers and I always get the impression that er , he 's , he bowls better than the nursery end at Lord 's , David Lawrence . |
| 8 | I mean , I 've been living this guy for three weeks now and Vic starts telling me how to speak ? |
| 9 | Yes but to me it 's old stuff Brenda I mean I 've been hearing this kind of conversation in number between chaps coming in to mend things |
| 10 | I 've been riding this horse for a couple of years now and he never lets me down . |
| 11 | I 've been fighting this battle for four years and we 've eventually got there . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been working this way for 18 months now and I 'm really happy with how it 's going . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been doing this character since I was 12 years old , and I used to talk like that . |
| 14 | For the last five years I 've been doing this series , for the last 12 months sharing it with Ed Douglas , and in all that time there 's been the rain . |
| 15 | ‘ But I 've been doing this job for so many years , I 've probably been playing the odds too long . ’ |
| 16 | Yeah but we 've done some Your saying we 've got ta do something about Christmas that 's all I 've been doing this week ! |
| 17 | It 's wandered to every lass in Mull and Morvern while I 've been carrying this babe for you ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been hosting this party tonight . |
| 19 | The period during which I have been writing this chapter has seen one of the worst staffing levels ever at the women 's flat . |
| 20 | I have been considering this matter for nearly two years , but my mind moves slowly ; I dislike publicity , and I had hoped that somebody else might lead the way . |
| 21 | Firstly , I have been buying this magazine on and off since the first time that Elite ( by Firebird ) was reviewed . |
| 22 | I say that with some feeling because , in the three years , that I have been doing this job I have not heard so many well-qualified solicitors and barristers , people from the legal community and inquests and from pressure groups say that there are areas of deep concern . |
| 23 | Is the Minister aware that I have been asking this question , mostly of him , for the past 13 years and that that reply reflects how serious is youth unemployment in Scotland ? |
| 24 | Well , I have been following this mailing list and have yet to post a message , but am sad to see that it is under these circumstances that I post my first … |