Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been thinking a great deal about it , and I really think there was much force in what your friends said … |
| 2 | I have been thinking a good deal , as I 'm sure you have , about the decline in income and the urgent need to improve matters . |
| 3 | I have been trying a new range of foods from OSI , an American company with a good reputation in the States , which manufactures a massive range of both freshwater and marine food products . |
| 4 | I have been trying a pair of ATP trousers from Calange ( £40 ) , which are well cut , extremely comfortable and function well . |
| 5 | I have been preaching a few times and invitations are coming in , so it is good experience for me . |
| 6 | I have been watching a film . |
| 7 | Anyway , to the issue of the C65 which I have been hearing a lot about recently , but still do n't know exactly what it does . |
| 8 | For a long time , I have been advocating a mortgage rescue scheme that would allow people to stay on in their properties on a short let tenancy . |
| 9 | It is worth noting that although the product is only just released commercially I have been using an ‘ engineering ’ version on the PC for some two months while the actual review tests were done on a genuine US release version . |
| 10 | For some years now I have been researching an area where a certain event took place . |
| 11 | OVER the summer months I have been attending a class to learn Irish sign language and it has given me a new understanding of what hearing people must feel when learning to talk to deaf people . |
| 12 | I have been attending a class where coins under 10p have been tossed into a jar since October and on counting these there are £8 already . |
| 13 | ‘ I have been doing a meteorology course at the Met Office College in Reading , ’ she tells me . |
| 14 | Something I have been doing a lot these last days . |
| 15 | I have been giving a series of seminars on nutrition and the Asian family to Health Visitors . |
| 16 | classes of which I have been giving a history … a committee which labouring afterwards with Mr. Wilberforce as a parliamentary head did , under Providence , in the space of twenty years , contribute to put an end to a trade which … was the greatest practical evil that ever afflicted the human race . |
| 17 | I have been giving a great deal of consideration towards the most effective Council Tax structure to be adopted based on the experiences of Community Charge to date . |
| 18 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 19 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 20 | I am aware it is some time since we spoke regarding Beeslack but I have been awaiting a response from , Senior Education Maintenance Officer concerning the tree planting proposed for the rough area in the corner of the playing field . |
| 21 | I have been walking a great deal , he wrote . |
| 22 | I have been playing a cad for too long and have forgotten my table manners . ’ |
| 23 | Tam Dalyell is wrong to say that I have been predicting a total European ban on lead in petrol as from June this year ( Forum . |
| 24 | ‘ I have been watching videos of my fights and I have been making a lot of basic mistakes . |
| 25 | I have been making a collection of the agreements that scientific authors are required to sign to get their papers published . |
| 26 | This year , I have been having a series of informal discussions with Church leaders , the voluntary sector , leading members of the police , probation and prison services , magistrates and others to consider what we can do to get at the roots of criminality . |
| 27 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 28 | My wife Pam has been for some time aware that I have been having an on-going relationship with Suzannah , who I believe is known to some of you . |
| 29 | I have been missing a lot of bites and assuming they are false takes — probably on the shoe — I will replace the No.8 with a No.12 Styl , hoping to eliminate the problem . |
| 30 | You can expect ructions at home if you have been taking a partner for granted recently . |