Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | I had been studying a guide-book to Zamora before we left . |
| 32 | Overstrain had brought on tuberculosis in 1939 and I had been having a lot of trouble with my eyes . |
| 33 | I had been having an affair with her husband . ’ |
| 34 | I had been interviewing a family — four young brothers , two sisters , their parents , the children 's paternal grandmother — about their lives in a city that was now dominated by the Syrian army . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | I 've been reading a deliciously illustrated pamphlet Allotments : a viewer 's guide , just published by the educational charity Broadcasting Support Services . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 39 | But recently I 've been thinking a lot about a person I see once a week at a club . |
| 40 | ‘ Miranda , I 've been thinking a lot about you . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ I 've been thinking a lot about it , ’ she said , moving the salt cellar in a pattern on the tablecloth , ‘ and I think — ’ |
| 42 | Well but I mean , Brian was saying himself you know he ca n't remember at least he 's says he 's been working down London when he has n't been earning a hundred pound a day you know , it 's something , we just accepted it , he said over the years I 've been earning a hundred pound a day he says , and that was it you know yo yo just do . |
| 43 | I 've been dating a wonderful chick for two years now but she 's just too frigid , sex is out of the question so one night I masturbated and pulled too hard on the sensitive part of my penis , now the tissues around the foreskin are swollen and septic but I 'm too distressed and embarrassed to see a doctor and my f girlfriend wants nothing to do with me , I find it hard to urinate what can I do ? |
| 44 | ‘ 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 . |
| 45 | ‘ I 've been getting a lot of flak about fighting in Spain and I did n't want Anne to get any . |
| 46 | yes , yes , she 'll just have an or orange when I came out , she 's been , I 've been getting a few of those , it seems to help a bit |
| 47 | I 've been using a leave-in conditioner on my hair and am very pleased with the results . |
| 48 | I 've been using a Strat on and off for about five years , and we also hired in Telecasters , Rickenbacker 12-strings , all kinds of stuff . |
| 49 | ‘ I 've been using a Les Paul Gold Top for a long time — a ‘ 59 reissue with P-90s — but I 've got this unfortunate habit of getting pissed off onstage and tossing the odd guitar , so rather than risk the Gold Top any more I 've bought one of these new Hamers , which is styled after a '50s Les Paul Special . |
| 50 | I use the TC Electronics 2290 for chorus and delay and I 've been using a PCM 70 for reverb , but I just got this new reverb from Real Tube . ’ |
| 51 | Incidentally , I 've been using a better copy of PagePlus 2 ( due to be launched in March ) and I have to say I 'm very impressed . |
| 52 | As a project engineer , I 've been using a similar document for about the last six months . |
| 53 | It 's just all sore and I 've been taking a pain here this week . |
| 54 | ‘ I 've been wanting a bike for ages , only Daddy has n't been able to manage it . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ I 've been wanting a chat with Arthur , ’ he had said gleefully . |
| 56 | 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 ! |
| 57 | I 've been writing a book . |
| 58 | ‘ I 've been writing a book . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ I 've been hearing a few things about this boy that s come to live at Beech Place . |
| 60 | ‘ No , I have n't , but I 've been hearing a lot about it , and I 've read books , of course . ’ |