Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [be] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 I wish I had a pound for every time I 'd been asked that .
2 ‘ It jolted me into making the decision to quit , but I 'd been moving that way for a long time .
3 ‘ I thought I 'd been doing that !
4 I 'd been growing that beard for 10 years and had grown quite accustomed to it , ’ says the now clean shaven Chris .
5 I 'd been planning that very thing . ’
6 But I had been visited that morning by what was usually at this state of the term a rare inspiration , and was writing a poem of my own .
7 If I had been fishing that section of the drain from the other bank , as I usually do , that would have been one of the swims where I would have expected to get a run or two .
8 I had applied to continue full-time research following my degree course , but this had been turned down by my chief officers ; however , I had been told that assistance for part-time study would almost certainly be approved in view of the national policy of encouraging officers to extend their educational qualifications .
9 But that that , I 've been reporting that fault regularly , five years ago it 's still there today .
10 I 've been trying that for me stomach since I 've came back
11 ‘ Yes , I 've been thinking that myself . ’
12 I 've been learning that .
13 I 'd heard Joe Walsh and Pete Townshend used them quite heavy , and I rather liked the tone they got , so I slowly built it up until I got up as high as I could be comfortable with , and I 've been using that gauge ever since . ’
14 Well I 've been using that what you buy from
15 Erm you may , you may start to believe from what I 've been saying that federalism is a kind of sham , you know that it 's a that really states have lost significance viz a viz the federal government , federal government is now more or less a , a unitary state and runs everything , well that 's not true at all .
16 Must get one a microwave if Debbie comes home I think , I 'll see , I 've been saying that but I was thinking if , I 'll have to wait and see Debbie
17 I 've been admiring that . ’
18 They 're Spanish , oh I 've been admiring that tonight
19 I 've been told that before by a hypnotherapist .
20 I 've always shaved my legs but I 've been told that shaving makes the hair grow more strongly .
21 I 've been told that on Tuesday .
22 I 've been doing that . ’
23 I 've been doing that , ’ he grumbled , but returned obediently to his task .
24 I 've been doing that for a long , long time .
25 Me , I 've been doing that all my life . ’
26 I 've been doing that amount all the time .
27 I mean I 've been doing that for ever since we 've been on .
28 I 've been doing that .
29 Aye , but I mean I notice it , it 's just that I 've been doing that job that longly you see , you follow me ?
30 I 've been doing that today as well .
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