Example sentences of "what [pron] have be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I proceeded to catch up on the last ten years of what everyone had been doing . |
| 2 | After all those years of being told I was fat , I had the evidence in front of me and I suddenly realised what everyone had been going on about . |
| 3 | This is what everyone 's been waiting for . |
| 4 | And this week the IMF made public what everyone has been saying in private : that there can be little foreign help on offer until the Soviet Union reforms its ‘ rotten ’ economy . |
| 5 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's just what I 'd been thinking ! ’ answered Gabriel in surprise . |
| 7 | Oh , that 's what I 'd been thinking , fifty percent of what they want . |
| 8 | I do n't know what I 'd been expecting . |
| 9 | I 'd been dreaming , that 's what I 'd been doing . |
| 10 | Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot |
| 11 | But this is so different to what I 'd been doing as it is for most people . |
| 12 | ‘ No , you came here wanting to know what I 'd been saying to Mr Kronweiser today . ’ |
| 13 | know b what I 've been getting on Friday and Saturday night was an awfully big |
| 14 | You ought to hear what I 've been hearing . |
| 15 | Well I I actually must have read completely different to anybody else from what I 've been hearing , erm the way I looked at it , the situation that we have locally compared with what David was saying about the national erm what government are doing nationally and the situation we have here in Cambridge city . |
| 16 | Demelza , five , of Oakworth , West Yorks , said : ‘ She 's just what I 've been looking for . |
| 17 | What I 've been thinking is that as the walls of this cellar ( and the outer one ) are stones — not stone then behind the stones there must be earth . |
| 18 | ‘ I have a Korg M1R and a Korg Wave Station , and that 's what I 've been writing with . |
| 19 | ‘ What I 've been using for about the last five years are Seymour Duncan amps . |
| 20 | Well what I 've been using is Vick and it seems to be burning . |
| 21 | That 's what I 've been wanting , every second of every day . |
| 22 | Do n't you understand what I 've been trying to tell you ? |
| 23 | Then , with the massive illogic he was sometimes capable of , Leo said in a quieter voice : ‘ That 's what I 've been trying to say . |
| 24 | What I 've been trying to do on the meantime is to improve the whole budgeting system . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's what I 've been trying to tell you , ’ Myra said . |
| 26 | ‘ Hope that you 'll finally understand what I 've been trying to let you know over the past few days without frightening you away by putting it into words . |
| 27 | So you see what I 've been , what I 've been trying to do in this lecture is to explain the , the modern biological basis which I think makes Freud 's findings intelligent . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's exactly what I 've been trying to tell you . ’ |
| 29 | you know what I 've been trying to get hold of a couple of one of these you know the phones , the phones that Donald 's got |
| 30 | What I want to do today , what I 've been trying to do today is to spend that time looking at certain aspects of the way the business works , the way you work . |