Example sentences of "i have been [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past two chapters , I have been discussing the mechanisms of evolution , but have said little about the outcome of the process . |
| 2 | Recently I have been reading the writings of Matthew Fox , a Dominican who is very popular for his creation spirituality and love of the environment . |
| 3 | I have been reading the last few pages and I think they are true and beautiful and just , recompense enough for the cold gloom of this untidy and lonely room . |
| 4 | Odilo and I have been airing the new apartment until it is heavy with her smell . |
| 5 | A typical example — and there are many of these — was when he patiently sat through a high level Air Ministry conference listening to the Mosquito being castigated for its poor night flying qualities ( because of the glare from the exhausts ) , and Boscombe Down recommended that it should never be flown at night , the chairman , as an afterthought , suggested Bennett contribute his views : " I wish someone hid told me about all these faults ' , he replied , " because I have been flying the Masse on OBOE night trials with excellent results " . |
| 6 | Since the meeting I have been pursuing the proposal for moving the Clerk Street bus stops and also examining the complaints about the Scotmid stops . |
| 7 | In all the time I have been writing the bass analysis column , I can not remember receiving any requests for the very influential playing of John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin , and now I get two in the same month . |
| 8 | " I have been serving the Turks , and am looking for better employment . |
| 9 | During the past week I have been watching the Germanic guru , Ralf Dahrendorf , on the box , telling us Britishers just where we are going wrong . |
| 10 | You see , I have been searching the moors with my telescope , and although I have not actually seen the prisoner , I have seen the person who is taking him food . ’ |
| 11 | I have been elaborating the point , made much earlier on , that one of the really basic features of human thinking as it affects social action is the polarization of " we " versus " they " . |
| 12 | So far , I have been using the term ‘ sex difference ’ without explanation . |
| 13 | Personally , I have been using the Church shoe index that I created some years ago . |
| 14 | I have been using the playhouse for about ten years now and going back to the point that someone made earlier about sex well about erm racism sexism is does n't that count as censorship . |
| 15 | Erm and I have been plugging the line that what underpins Locke 's , what underpins Locke 's general political position is his theology , his basically Calvinist notion of how human individuals are related to God , they are God 's servants sent into the world about his business , that 's what they 're here for and that 's what governs all their obligations , they 're rights and so on . |
| 16 | ‘ I have been badgering the council about this since 1990 . |
| 17 | I have been driving the best of the best-selling model , the X2 1.5 hatchback , updated at the last Motor Show . |
| 18 | Therefore , there must be value elsewhere and I have been studying the other prices . |
| 19 | Lately I have been studying the paintings of an abstract expressionist named Diebenkorn . |
| 20 | Lately I have been studying the paintings of an abstract expressionist named Diebenkorn . |
| 21 | I realise I have been crossing the street towards an open door . |
| 22 | I have been examining the exercise of critical thought , but the account up to now has largely concentrated on critical thinking by the individual student . |
| 23 | I have been examining the Liberal Democrats ' environmental document called , ’ Costing the Earth ’ . |
| 24 | I have been playing the tune now for nearly 40 years . |
| 25 | For 11 years I have been investigating the flora and fauna of this 700 sq.m site . |
| 26 | ( I have been checking the indexes of such books for several years now ! ) |
| 27 | I have been making the assumption that people bequeath their assets to their relatives , but is this necessarily so ? |
| 28 | I have been following the hon. Gentleman carefully . |
| 29 | I have been following the Ports for 30 years now , home and away , continually watching them getting thrashed week in , week out . |
| 30 | I HAVE been following the saga of wolf whistling building workers on the Cornmill building site . |