Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | Then I forget that I 've been joking with her then she tells me off so I do n't bother any more . |
2 | I 've been searching for news of you all over Chelsea , Eaton Square , Cadogan Gardens … not a sign of your people anywhere . ’ |
3 | I 've been searching for ages . ’ |
4 | I 've been searching all over for you ! |
5 | Doreen hastened towards them , her face contorted with anger as she exclaimed , ‘ Silas — I 've been searching everywhere for you . |
6 | ‘ No , I 've been freelancing the last couple of years . ’ |
7 | And in the last couple of years I 've been listening to music that 's going in the same direction , like The Beach Boys , for instance , but trying to keep it within a guitar format . |
8 | As for The Roches , we 've been big , big fans of theirs since way back — I 've been listening to them since I was about 13 . |
9 | I 've been listening to that a lot . |
10 | I 've been listening , Sheena , to them talking about carers , now , since time began women have always been carers . |
11 | Of course I 've been listening , ’ Algy said to Len . |
12 | I 've been listening to you ringing the bell . " |
13 | I 've been listening and watching all day . |
14 | That huge estate in Scotland — ; I 've been listening to Mamma and Mrs Talbot with half an ear , you never know what you might miss — and you do n't hunt . ’ |
15 | I 've been listening to your programme all morning so . |
16 | Er it 's really is to follow on from this debate that we 're having about what should happen if a shortfall occurs , erm and we 've heard , I 've been listening carefully to your views about er the way in which you agree with the Good Committee that a shortfall is an employers debt , the employers responsibility to meet that shortfall and we 've been talking about that shortfall should be met , but the Good Committee also concluded that er pensioners should not be regarded as preferential creditors erm and you also agreed with that . |
17 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
18 | Ooh I 've been listening really carefully an I I ca n't even have a hazard a guess at this one . |
19 | I 'm a lawyer , and during the past year , I 've been teaching law in Southern California . |
20 | I 've been teaching . |
21 | you with me ? , cos I 'm having him going over my words , but I felt really guilty about that , because I , the thought that he was frightened of me shouting at him and yet I think it 's to do with passing over of all authority , I 've been teaching him , I 'm the one that does the words , not her |
22 | Erm erm and then he was going spare and he says these are the worst I 've ever received in all the years I 've been teaching , right ? |
23 | Let me say first , I 've been nursing psychiatric patients for more than twenty years and I know what I 'm talking about . |
24 | I 've been ringing all morning but I could n't get any answer . ’ |
25 | ‘ I 've been ringing you for days . |
26 | I 've been ringing your number for hours . ’ |
27 | I 've been ringing off and on since lunchtime . ’ |
28 | I was worried sick when I saw it , and I 've been ringing your number on and off for the past hour . |
29 | I 've been ringing my family at regular intervals to see how things are going . ’ |
30 | I 've been ringing him since that come through half an hour ago . |