Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] have [be] [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 | By the time I was twelve years old I had been thinking for some time about getting a bird of my own . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , I 'm so sorry , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm afraid I 've been working too hard . ’ |
| 4 | Erm you do n't always get it wrong you 've been doing quite well but occasionally you just if you 're |
| 5 | The sun was full on her face , and it was clear she had been crying . |
| 6 | The sergeant bumped over the sleeping-policemen and gazed at the neatly trimmed lawns and hedges with aggrieved jealousy in his eyes : the private estate was a symbol of a world from which he was excluded , a world of privilege and snobbery , a world that had turned its back on the poor , the sick and the unfashionable who had been swarming round their car only ten minutes before . |
| 7 | One oil analyst described investor sentiment as a ‘ two-way pull between the Americans who are trying to be optimistic and the British who have been selling to them ’ . |
| 8 | Australian Chardonnay has become so popular they have been suffering shortages , but there has always been loads of Semillon available . |
| 9 | I was afraid they 'd been carrying on . ’ |
| 10 | The man had been so embarrassed he had been pretending to study the graffiti on the cell walls . |
| 11 | ‘ I am convinced someone has been trying to poison them , ’ she said . |
| 12 | Cranston 's wife was making herself comfortable on the bench whilst the gallant who had been eyeing Benedicta had now moved closer and was talking quietly with her . |
| 13 | Pace that 's right you 've been cheating and looking on looking on the next page |
| 14 | It was obvious they had been talking about him . |
| 15 | The rational part of his mind knew this could not be the case , and that it was most likely he 'd been travelling in circles . |
| 16 | He told Husband he 'd have to consult with the rest of the private Office and maybe even the PM before he could agree to them interrogating you ; he may actually be doing that , for all I know , though I think it 's more likely he 's been waiting for his temper to cool before he briefs you . |
| 17 | He said yesterday : ‘ I 'm sure I had been making inquiries ( in 1945 ) about what would happen to people who we sent back . |
| 18 | February 18 — now that the risk of death is so much more increased I 've been doing a spot of philosophising . |
| 19 | And he was saying he said oh you 've been good you 've been feeding us with cups of teas . |
| 20 | I 'm sure she 'd been sitting there , but she was hardly wearing anything ! |
| 21 | I was sure she had been holding a small phial with the letters ‘ SUL ’ written on it . |
| 22 | First I want Lou Vecchi , then that five grand you 've been advertising . |
| 23 | But with him having on this side , because he 's so blooming awkward he 's been pressing the play switch and of course , so the tapes been turning round , have n't bothered to che , so you know , he was sort of saying well well play that tape and I 'll write their names down of the people as they speak , just the first names , you know so there 's loads of |
| 24 | For a moment she thought he was going to throw his arms round her and hug her , she was sure he had been thinking of it , but he hesitated and she turned away . |
| 25 | Kate gave him a suspicious look , but he seemed to have recovered from the rage she 'd been fairly sure he 'd been trying to keep under control before she left the room . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | My fear Mr Chairman was that the very we 've been talking about can be weeks or months |
| 28 | 2 families had to leave their homes after they were terrorised by a mob , angry they 'd been helping the Police to catch the joyriders . |
| 29 | It was delicious to be close to Alain , to belong to him , to know that all the time she had been alone he had been thinking about her . |
| 30 | It was possible he had been hoping to frighten Steve , but his exact motives were unknown . |