Example sentences of "[pers pn] have be thinking [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't known until Sir Philip mentioned it at dinner last night that I 'd been thinking about marrying her . |
| 2 | A few days earlier I had been thinking of calling my doctor to assess the chances of having my vasectomy reversed in order to save my marriage to Karen . |
| 3 | I had been thinking of having a War shortly , maybe in the next week or so , but with Eric probably going to make an appearance I had decided against it . |
| 4 | ‘ You see , I 've been thinking about becoming a wrestler myself , ’ confesses Philip . |
| 5 | I do n't believe it , paid all that money for a digital said look at the about stuff , at the end of the day they , he is five a side football stuff like that , had I 've been thinking about joining again , but I do n't really know what I 'm gon na do after Christmas now even Karen said she would n't mind joining but I tried , I managed to put her off that idea . |
| 6 | I 've been thinking about doing something like that , ’ I said , more out of politeness than accuracy . |
| 7 | Ya I was I 've been thinking of trying to have a big delivery of something . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been thinking of getting something in New York . |
| 9 | ‘ But I have been thinking about taking a course , ’ she said . |
| 10 | For some years I have been thinking of buying a word processor but have not yet taken the plunge . |
| 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 | I found your motherboard upgrade article most interesting as I have been thinking of upgrading my XT , but I had not bargained for changing the keyboard as I have a 102 key board ( no XT/AT switch ) . |
| 13 | For some time I have been thinking of increasing it to £50pa but have n't got to the bank with this weather . |
| 14 | She 'd been thinking about becoming a nun but she could n't be with a baby . |
| 15 | And then maybe you 've been thinking of putting double that |
| 16 | If you 've been thinking of making domestic changes or improvements , but lacked the money or momentum to set the wheels of change in motion use today to make a start . |
| 17 | If you 've been thinking about taking out a subscription to the Royal Horticultural Society , now 's the time to do it . |
| 18 | But it would be only for a time and she had been thinking of asking the queen-dowager for permission to leave sanctuary and visit her mother . |
| 19 | We have been thinking of changing the name of the office from " Women and Minors " to " Minors " only . |
| 20 | erm so no certainly they asked me about it and so on but I think that rather like their food forum they might like to get a communications forum going erm because they 've been thinking about having a Business Club and various other things because they 're involved with the Management Programme and all sorts of things and they maybe going to do some training for heads and people like that |
| 21 | He 'd been thinking of asking one of the two who had entered the front room during Slater 's monologue — the more attractive of them — for a dance even as Slater was telling him how desirable Richard Slater was . |
| 22 | David told her that he had been thinking of working hard to get Amaranth Wilikins selected as the Conservative candidate for Arden in place of Sir Ralph . |
| 23 | At the end of the lunch , Branson said in a faltering voice that there was something he had been thinking of doing , and he wanted to ask Laker how he would feel about it . |
| 24 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |