Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] been [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | I 've been ringing him since that come through half an hour ago . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been ringing you for days . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been holding them for your decision . ’ |
| 5 | Well I 've been holding it to save it . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been hoping you 'd agree for some time . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been hoping you 'd come down to the beach these last three days , ’ he went on . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've all come a long way , Carrie , and we 're going to go a lot farther … but come inside , I think Christian 's found that bottle of brandy that I 've been hoping he 'd forgotten . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been telling her about that and all . |
| 10 | Very exciting stuff and I 've been telling her not to speak so loudly . |
| 11 | ‘ The niece , the one I 've been telling you about . |
| 12 | You 've put me down for holidays in September and I 've been telling you about the cruise in October for months . |
| 13 | Please do n't say I 've been telling you this . |
| 14 | The one I 've been telling you all about . ’ |
| 15 | Not thousands , just four of them , each with two of these legs I 've been telling you about . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been telling you all along . |
| 17 | I 've been watering them ! |
| 18 | I mean a , I 've been throwing mine away now we ca n't get them at the other farm , I mean and I said if we do , we 'd better keep |
| 19 | I mean it would be nice , I 've been reading it this afternoon , it would be lovely Gary |
| 20 | So , NME , you 've reached 40 and I 've been reading you for more than half that time . |
| 21 | ‘ If Mum finds out I 've been smoking she 'll kill me . |
| 22 | Today I 've been thinking he could keep me here for ever . |
| 23 | Naturally , I 've been thinking it over ever since poor Sarah burst into my room this morning . |
| 24 | Since then I 've been thinking it over and I 've come up with an idea . |
| 25 | I 've been thinking it 's needed some more in for the last few meals . |
| 26 | " I 've been dreading it , " he said . |
| 27 | If we go back to the private 's utterance ‘ I 've been scrubbing them all morning and they wo n't come any cleaner ’ , we can relate it to these three layers as follows : |
| 28 | I 've been bottling it up inside me far too long . |
| 29 | I never noticed , I 've been eating them . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been eating it for years but it 's weird . |