Example sentences of "i [pron] have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see me I 've been coming off my and she turned round and says , No . |
| 2 | Er Robert said Charlotte who 's two and a half she 's always been pretty but erm Robert said right , mother 's babysitting on the nineteenth so organize I I 've been getting them into bed and then I 've gave them a little bit of milk or whatever they want and then they 've had toast with jam on . |
| 3 | Now I I 've been selling hairpieces for twenty three years so I 'm probably better in a better position than anybody here to explain the emotions of men who 're losing their hair . |
| 4 | I was going to light it I I 've been lighting it until er the beginning of the week I think . |
| 5 | I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained . |
| 6 | Yes well we I I 'd been working on the Menai Suspension Bridge repa you know , when they were rep doing the repairing like . |
| 7 | Well , there will be a certain amount of explanation that will have to be done , because Geoffrey Howe is a well known , well liked figure among many people that I deal with er but now , and for some time now , for a year now , it 's I who have been dealing with them and I hope I 've inherited some of the work and some of the trust which he helped to create . |
| 8 | Just that someone told me you 'd been seeing her . |
| 9 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 10 | It was me she had been looking at all that time , but secretively , like a girl . |
| 11 | A client who hated her job told me she had been considering other options for two years , without taking any positive action . |
| 12 | And me who 's been firing a gun from when I was practically able to walk . |
| 13 | But he did n't tell me he 'd been going out with her for three weeks and he 's never . |
| 14 | Silas told me he had been taking you round the sheep . ’ |
| 15 | Well er going back to when I started serving my time as an apprentice er I think I started with eleven shillings and I was there for about nine months when the manager come over and says to me he had been paying me short . |
| 16 | He told me he had been studying poetry with Enright , and that he wrote poetry too . |
| 17 | ‘ Resistance probably undermined by this hot climate you tell me he 's been living in . |
| 18 | There 's a racket goin' on , Aggie ; but you know as well as me it 's been goin' on for years . |
| 19 | It 's his first film for five years and he told me it 's been creating quite a stir , because of its subject matter . |
| 20 | Come and sit down and tell me what 's been happening . ’ |
| 21 | He remained silent , watching her , and her embarrassment grew until in the end she set her glass down with a bang and in desperation said , ‘ So are you going to tell me what 's been happening to you in the last five years ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If so , perhaps you can tell me what has been going on up at the Hall that has made Miss Hatherby stop your lessons . ’ |