Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pers pn] [vb base] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is someone I 've been longing for you to meet . |
| 2 | Ima okay , suppose you 're at a night club and suppose that you really like somebody you 've been dancing with . |
| 3 | And I kept staring at you and thinking , My God , she 's everything I 've been looking for . |
| 4 | Afterwards , Anderson said to Howard , ‘ Everything I 've been doing has been wrong . ’ |
| 5 | I have two children aged five and 10 and I tell them everything I 've been doing . |
| 6 | ‘ The way you just came barging over just now — you could have blown everything I 've been working towards sky-high . ’ |
| 7 | Everything I have been saying so far , however , has been based on calculations using Einstein 's general theory of relativity . |
| 8 | ‘ Something I 've been wanting to do for quite some time . |
| 9 | yes , Casey there 's something I 've been wanting to say to you . |
| 10 | ‘ It is something I 've been working hard to improve . |
| 11 | Something I 've been working on . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Now , I 'll get you that coffee — only before that there 's something I 've been waiting to do all day . ’ |
| 13 | Something I have been doing a lot these last days . |
| 14 | That 's the one I 've been looking for ! |
| 15 | ‘ The niece , the one I 've been telling you about . |
| 16 | The one I 've been telling you all about . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm the one who deserves a new one I 've been driving around in a van for three years ! |
| 18 | the one I have been looking for |
| 19 | The moral common to these stories is one I have been emphasising throughout this discussion . |
| 20 | ‘ You must be the one , ’ said the young woman , ‘ You must be the one I have been waiting for , who must release me from enchantment . |
| 21 | It is in islands like the one I have been talking of that one can best speak to the emergent nations about their problems in a relaxed , a hospitable and an egalitarian atmosphere , and against the background of a shared experience . |
| 22 | I 'm sorry if it 's brought back everything you 've been trying to forget . |
| 23 | Directly you go ashore have a bath , send everything you 've been wearing to the laundry , and wash your hair . |
| 24 | You must tell me everything you 've been doing . |
| 25 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
| 26 | Everything they have in that shop is better than the one you 've been wearing for ten years . |
| 27 | The one you 've been looking for for ages ? |
| 28 | But do ask when you get back to the branch , because it samples claims that Abbey has , have had , erm , it reiterates the statistics that you 've just heard , the likelihood of somebody suffering with cancer , heart attacks , strokes etcetera , it er , gives you the ages er , if you choose , write in statistics , the one you 've been listening to . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , ’ said Uncle Albert hesitantly , ‘ it would certainly cap everything we 've been doing if you did find a black hole . |
| 30 | It 's something we 've been working on ever since they both left Liverpool , ’ joked a smiling Kendall afterwards . |