Example sentences of "[adj] i have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 2 | Oh I have to agree with that I 've been watching |
| 3 | By the time I was twelve years old I had been thinking for some time about getting a bird of my own . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , I 'm so sorry , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm afraid I 've been working too hard . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If you knew how much I 've been wanting to do this . ’ |
| 6 | When I came to the Riding in 1960 I had been teaching in Leeds for five fairly empty years . |
| 7 | All I 've been doing is well , I 've been training , scales and arpeggios . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | I went reinforced too by all I had been doing for myself and with the knowledge that I felt better than I had felt for some time and that that growth towards well being appeared to be increasing with each day . |
| 10 | All I have been saying is the things which are n't Kathy 's |
| 11 | He said yesterday : ‘ I 'm sure I had been making inquiries ( in 1945 ) about what would happen to people who we sent back . |
| 12 | Since the age of 5 I have been going to Highfield , my sister was 6 and my brother was 8 . |
| 13 | The latter I had been intending to read for years and , by happenstance , had come across a cheap edition in a book sale just days before setting out . |
| 14 | February 18 — now that the risk of death is so much more increased I 've been doing a spot of philosophising . |
| 15 | Mm that 's what I 've cos I 've not been very busy I 've been picking , you know like a few peanuts there 's chocolate peanuts , there 's |
| 16 | Ever since the age of 13 I 've been hoping my spots would go away — but constant picking at them has left some scars . ’ |
| 17 | I heard this with embarrassment , remembering how terribly bored and miserable I had been sitting there on a long hot afternoon , hardly understanding a word as chiefs and elders talked to our delegation in local dialect . |
| 18 | Since I was eighteen I 've been writing , ten years already , and so what ? |
| 19 | As you are aware I have been exploring ways in which the Regional Council can try to encourage investment by the private sector in the provision of new industrial land and buildings . |
| 20 | Since 1988 I have been working with Oxford and Jericho Against the Poll Tax and am now participating in a scheme , devised by Oxford Quakers and the Green Party , to pay the tax as a group , according to one 's means : ie. a local income tax . |
| 21 | Bob ; Not bad , not bad I 've been sorting out my council tax |