Example sentences of "i have been [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up till then I 'd been using Rickenbackers , and a ‘ 65 Telecaster I 'd bought which had been my main instrument for writing the material . |
| 2 | Afterwards , I crawled backstage to visit Michael Crawford , forgetting that I 'd been wearing Clinique 's face-bronzer for that glowing , outdoor , tanned look we all know and simulate . |
| 3 | I 'd been asking Peggy to get something like that for ages . |
| 4 | I 'd been studying Fitzgerald , reading , seeing the film and the television series and thinking all along what a wonderful life he 'd led in the South of France … ’ |
| 5 | I had been seeing Jessica for twelve months before she admitted to herself that her lover would never come back . |
| 6 | Because I had been understudying Constance Donovan I was now to play Lydia , the second lead . |
| 7 | As I had been enjoying Marlborough , which in atmosphere , personnel , and not least location , was in total contrast to the Sloane School , Chelsea , I no doubt gave him a slightly rose-tinted account of the life there . |
| 8 | She said : ‘ Claire did not show me the power of attorney … nor did she tell me that I had been made Michael 's attorney . ’ |
| 9 | In the lead-up to the trip I had been telling Nat about the Northern Lights and how wonderful they were . |
| 10 | During my travels round Ireland , I had been reading Sleeman 's Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Magistrate . |
| 11 | At the time I was playing a Les Paul , which was n't my first choice because I had been playing Telecasters when Stevie ( Nicks ) and I were working together before we joined Fleetwood Mac , but when we joined the band there was an existing sound and the Telecaster was n't cutting it . |
| 12 | I had been told Chinchero was a traditional Andean market and I was interested to see the campesino culture at its most effective . |
| 13 | I had been visiting Welcombe with Nigel since 1960 . |
| 14 | Look I 've been holding Richard . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been telling Veronica about the week we had in Scotland . |
| 16 | I 've been reading Richard Hoggart 's The Uses of Literacy on this journey ; he goes on about the working class not being able to think " abstractly , generally , metaphysically or politically . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been thinking Mo . |
| 18 | so , anyway , she must of thought about this , so she called on Monday , and she said oh I 've been thinking Michael 'll need electric for the drill |
| 19 | I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem . |
| 20 | When I 've been taking Paul to work in the morning they 've been giving me flashes and then if I , you know , flashed them back they have n't put their headlights on so I thought oh bugger yous ! |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been to watch Liam play in the mini-Test against South Africa at Derby and he 's coming on very well . ’ |
| 22 | Well , I 've been to see Mr , and then I was off again to see him , and he said I was right . |
| 23 | Again they looked at each other in silence , and then he said very slowly , ‘ I 've been to see Beecham and Holden . |
| 24 | ‘ Ever since I came here , I 've been called Isabelle 's daughter virtually as a term of abuse . ’ |
| 25 | Oh I du n no you 'll have to talk to Ian , she said I 've been working Les done , er Les , Les told me eleven till three , it was half past eleven till three and er , so Bev was alright |
| 26 | He said I 've been giving Lee dinner money every day . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been showin' Mary Rose the house , ’ Bridget announced proudly . |
| 28 | He said , ‘ Hepzibah , I 've been showing Carrie the skull . |
| 29 | I sent him away after supper and I 've been finishing Emma . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been playing Jimi 's stuff live for about fifteen years , now , ’ says Hansen , ‘ but The Ventures was what I listened to first , then it was The Stones and The Beatles . |