Example sentences of "[vb base] i [vb base] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been I mean I 've been trying to give our a bit of a hand whenever i can , in |
| 2 | Yes but to me it 's old stuff Brenda I mean I 've been hearing this kind of conversation in number between chaps coming in to mend things |
| 3 | No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago |
| 4 | I mean I 've been doing outside jobs to get , you know , I mean , like doing festivals |
| 5 | I mean I 've been doing that for ever since we 've been on . |
| 6 | You mean I 've been doing them wrong all the way ? |
| 7 | I mean I 've been doing it for such a long time now it 's important to me to go on doing it , but then that might be rather like it 's important for you to go on doing physics , is n't it ? |
| 8 | I realise I have been crossing the street towards an open door . |
| 9 | I realise I have been pinching her skin all this time . |
| 10 | If I take a bus into town during my lunch break to do some shopping I have to remember to throw away the bus ticket or he 'll ask me where I 've been , and when I say I 've been shopping , he 'll say he does n't believe me . |
| 11 | and they say I 've been waiting seventeen years for this pollack , or having your tooth out or having your tonsils extracted |
| 12 | Look I 've been holding Richard . |
| 13 | Look I 've been washing my hair |
| 14 | Like I 've been trying to tell everyone from the beginning . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I just wanted to you know I 've been thinking of you . ’ |
| 16 | I know I 've been working . |
| 17 | I know I 've been behaving like a pig , comme un porco , for a bit , but please read all my letters from the Jungle and you 'll see I 'm a changed man . |
| 18 | And you know I 've been sitting an hour . |
| 19 | I have you know I 've been going round and testing how many miles per galleon you can get out of it |
| 20 | It 's difficult to explain , but I know I 've been doing some thinking about my obligations to my parents , about where I 'm coming from and where I 'm going . |
| 21 | If yer really want ter know I 've been courtin' a widow for some time an' we 're thinkin' of settlin' down tergether , ’ he replied . |
| 22 | As you know I have been meeting every two weeks with all the staff in the Economic Development Team , and discussing with them each stage of the process . |
| 23 | ‘ Are n't you afraid I 'll dive straight into the drugs stash I 've been hoarding ? ’ |
| 24 | I suppose I 've been making a fool of myself . |
| 25 | I suppose I have been thinking rather a lot lately about my reluctance to stick a label on myself politically — as a lesbian . |
| 26 | ‘ I guess I 've been getting back on that horse ever since . ’ |
| 27 | I guess I 've been getting upset for too long when it was n't even necessary . |
| 28 | ‘ I got a whole morning off in Bruges , and I guess I 've been making up for it ever since . ’ |
| 29 | And er I feel I 've been wearing one for about twenty five years and I feel a lot better , I feel I feel as if I look good in a wig . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life ! |