Example sentences of "'ve [be] [v-ing] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you knew how much I 've been wanting to do this . ’ |
| 2 | And that 's what you 've been wanting to say all evening , Merrill thought : a nice , discreet ‘ keep off ’ instruction . |
| 3 | I 've been wanting to say this for a long time . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been trying to vacuum this through all morning I have n't even done it |
| 5 | Because the kind of earthly and human illustrations that I 've been trying to use this morning are all bound to fall short . |
| 6 | ‘ The thing I 've been trying to do all along is to create a very large-sounding rock record — orchestrated , in a way — combining that with my songwriting style , which is pretty eclectic , I suppose . |
| 7 | Now the enemy 's all deflated and dead , I feel like all my friends and all the artists were like little pygmies and we 've been trying to kill this elephant all these years with little arrows , and finally tonight … |
| 8 | I 've been trying to talk some sense into her . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't you think I 've been trying to believe that ? ’ |
| 10 | For the past three months I 've been trying to buy some SIMMS for my Mesh 386SX . |
| 11 | I 've been trying to write all this afternoon |
| 12 | If we are in full flow , and a word escapes us , resorting to silence is undesirable — a complete and utter silence is unacceptable , and if used would surely worry the listener : I 've been trying to find that — . |
| 13 | Voiced hesitation is a partial solution : I 've been trying to find that — erm . |
| 14 | It is unusual to have two erm 's in immediate succession — I 've been trying to find that — erm — erm — and to have three is very strange : I 've been trying to find that — erm — erm — erm — . |
| 15 | It is unusual to have two erm 's in immediate succession — I 've been trying to find that — erm — erm — and to have three is very strange : I 've been trying to find that — erm — erm — erm — . |
| 16 | They 've been trying to find alternative berths for incoming cargoes and negotiating the release of ships waiting to sail on the night time . |
| 17 | I 've been trying to find loose stones again . |
| 18 | I 've been trying to ring all evening ! ’ |
| 19 | Do you realize we 've been trying to get ready for twenty minutes ? |
| 20 | I 've been trying to get some indoor fireworks and I ca n't get any , I thought it 'll be just some . |
| 21 | I 've been meaning to offload those on |
| 22 | I 've been meaning to say this for a long time , ’ said Susan , with an assumption of severity which moved her sister to ribald mirth . |
| 23 | I 've been dying to see Five Guys Named Moe — I hear it 's really brilliant — and also one called Blood Brothers . |
| 24 | You 've been dying to speak all night . |
| 25 | ‘ Now , I 'll get you that coffee — only before that there 's something I 've been waiting to do all day . ’ |
| 26 | The trouble is , we 've been having to spend more money on bribes lately . |
| 27 | Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time . |