Example sentences of "[pron] have been having " in BNC.

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1 Not everyone has been having a bad recession , and not everyone believes they must prune radically their investment and marketing budget .
2 Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening .
3 Ben said that he 'd heard I 'd been having some problems and asked what they were .
4 I 'd been having to dig my nails into the palm of my hand very hard in order to stop the tears streaming , which I could n't let happen as I was to speak next and needed to keep steady .
5 ‘ Suppose I 'd been having the breakdown .
6 I 'd been having a bit of a go about putting your hand up but every time he put his hand up I 'm bending over somebody or I 'm in a different part of the room .
7 Erm , I had n't actually felt that violent , I 'd been having extremes of emotion all week erm , very high , very low , very very fearful , panic attacks which I 'd never had before in my life .
8 I had been having trouble with arthritis for years , and nine years ago had a hip replacement .
9 Bill : I had been having sex , occasionally , with men since I was about fourteen but I had no gay social life at all .
10 Overstrain had brought on tuberculosis in 1939 and I had been having a lot of trouble with my eyes .
11 I had been having an affair with her husband . ’
12 In recent months , I 've been having a lot of fun using a similar ‘ biological ’ approach to crack a certain type of code .
13 ‘ And I 've been having attacks of vertigo , ’ volunteered Ray , with a hint of pride .
14 I said rapidly , ‘ I 've been having these dreams .
15 I 've been having to deal with electricity since the word go and I 've tried to use it in a musically creative and responsible way .
16 Q I 've been having my hair permed every four months for the past three years .
17 I 've been having a look at a twenty-bed hotel up near Windermere .
18 I 've been having discussions too , only in my case they 've been with the Hughes family who run Cheshire Restaurants .
19 My problem is that over the last 4 or 5 years , I 've been having my hair highlighted and gradually I feel that it has become too blonde .
20 I 've been having some quite intelligent guesses but no one 's hit the nail on the head .
21 I 've been having wonderful luck ever since May 25th .
22 All that expensive coaching I 've been having , and yet I 'm still no match for you .
23 I 've been having this thought all day .
24 I 'm 30 and I 've been having an affair for the past five years .
25 ‘ Simply to tell you that I 've been having a most interesting conversation . ’
26 So I could n't agree more , and that will be taken up in the fairly near future , following the information that I 've been gathering in the various meetings that I 've been having round the country on this .
27 I 'm sorry , I 've been having one or two bad dreams lately . ’
28 " I 've been having a look at the entire , " Bunny said .
29 ‘ The thing is , Doctor , I 've been having treatment from my GP for some time now .
30 I 've been having lunch with the chairman of Farthingdales . ’
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