Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been having [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd been having to dig my nails into the palm of my hand very hard in order to stop the tears streaming , which I could n't let happen as I was to speak next and needed to keep steady .
2 I 've been having to deal with electricity since the word go and I 've tried to use it in a musically creative and responsible way .
3 ‘ It is bizarre that , speaking as a Labour voter , I have been having to heap praise on the Conservative Party , which I have opposed all my political life — and here is this remarkable silence from the Labour Party . ’
4 The trouble is , we 've been having to spend more money on bribes lately .
5 For the last few days , though , they 've been having to train where and when they can .
6 Well they 've been very direct and they 've been having to make me think a lot about what I 'm doing .
7 money for light and they 've been having to keep her pension and like giving her so much at a time because it 's been going missing with all the money !
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