Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb base] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't know , basically I 've been working so hard and pushing so hard I have n't really slowed down to even think about what I 'm doing with my work . |
| 4 | Perhaps I 've been watching too much television yes . |
| 5 | It might be my fault , perhaps I 've been rushing around too much cos that affects your milk supply of course . |
| 6 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 7 | So I 've been biding my time . |
| 8 | So I 've been trying , I 've been trying to sort of , I I was arguing saying , I do n't think that 's true . |
| 9 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 10 | so I 've been putting them in the washing machine so maybe |
| 11 | I really do think that there is a degree of inconsistency in compelling a Gothic architect to erect a classical building — and so I have been thinking of appointing you a coadjutor , who would in fact make the design ! |
| 12 | and literally I 've been working |
| 13 | ‘ Lately I 've been getting a hankering to play country music again , so I 've got together with a friend and put together a fun band called Modern Farmer . |
| 14 | Lately I have been studying the paintings of an abstract expressionist named Diebenkorn . |
| 15 | Lately I have been studying the paintings of an abstract expressionist named Diebenkorn . |
| 16 | I was shown round the building although there was a performance on by a very pleasant elderly doorman who 's not here any more I 've been coming ever since . |
| 17 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 18 | Later I have been thinking over what Dad said . |
| 19 | So far I have been suggesting ways in which the Free Church benefited from the political activities of its founder and other leading members . |
| 20 | So far I have been arguing that the essential subject matter of all kinds of anthropology is the diversity of mankind , both biological and cultural , while my own particular concern , as a social anthropologist , is with moral ( cultural ) diversity within a matrix of ( approximate ) species-wide biological uniformity . |
| 21 | So far I have been working " backwards ' from the specific deictic terms and elements of the poem to contextual possibilities and other pragmatic considerations . |
| 22 | Well now I 've been clearing my mind on the role of the Chief Constable a and of the Police Committee . |
| 23 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 24 | back over with you , I 'll sort something out while I 've got some small change in me purse now I 've been shopping , I 'll sort it out |
| 25 | ‘ For some time now I have been thinking I should marry again . |
| 26 | FOR months now I have been trying to contain excitement at the thought of the compact disc . |
| 27 | Now I have been digressing and let me say quite clearly that I never knew the answer and I do not know it now , how the tremendously high level of morale was sustained , not just in the Pathfinders , but throughout the Command as a whole . |
| 28 | For some years now I have been researching an area where a certain event took place . |
| 29 | ‘ Now I have been working hard on my fitness and my ankle has improved . ’ |
| 30 | Today I 've been thinking to myself , I 've only got the sleeves to put in that dress — when am I going to have the time to do it' ? |