Example sentences of "[pron] have be [v-ing] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Emissary 's Illusochamber had also been free of bugging devices as I 'd found when I 'd been fiddling with my headband , activating a mini-ceptor in one of the jewels . |
| 2 | I said I could see Victor was right , I had over-complicated the plot ; I should not have introduced the letters , which were paraphrases of a correspondence I 'd been reading on my journey to London . |
| 3 | I 'd been lying on my bed , thinking of you , and suddenly I could n't bear it a moment longer and jumped off the bed intending to phone you — and there you were , looking half drowned and so nervous I was afraid to put a foot wrong . ’ |
| 4 | If I had been playing on my own my head would have dropped off by now . |
| 5 | ‘ I had been rowing with my dad since I was little , so I did n't want to go to his new family with my brother . |
| 6 | It was a standing pose and I had been working at my canvas for a week , my problems were not nearly solved , and the painting still excited me . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been thinking about my birthday party for weeks . |
| 8 | I 've been sifting through my daily routine and I 've turned up quite a handsome collection of finely-wrought deceits cultivated over the years . |
| 9 | I 'm 40 , I 've been living with my fiancé , who 's the same age , for three years and I think the world of him . |
| 10 | Q I 've been living with my boyfriend for three years , and we have two children , Liam , aged two and Jade , six months . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been looking after my aunt , sir , who 's just died . ’ |
| 12 | I complied and he bellowed ‘ Five months , I 've been waiting for my telephone . |
| 13 | I see me I 've been coming off my and she turned round and says , No . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been working in my surgery , perhaps we could talk there . ’ |
| 15 | Some of the reasons they encountered for not losing weight included ‘ I have n't been to the toilet yet today ’ , ‘ I 've been arguing with my husband ’ , ‘ I absorb fat through my skin ’ , ( especially popular with people working in chip shops and serving school meals ) and ‘ it 's the cough medicine I 'm having for my sore throat ’ . |
| 16 | I 've been concentrating on my technique , so soon I could try working straight on to the plate . |
| 17 | ‘ Since the turn of the year — and not before ! — I 've been concentrating on my retirement , while my wife Irene continues part-time mid-wifery , ’ says Bob . |
| 18 | I 've been playing with my best teddies . ’ |
| 19 | and I 've been playing with my computer . |
| 20 | I have been thinking about my nearly twenty years friendship with him and especially what it was that he gave me in terms of belief and understanding of the job . |
| 21 | ‘ It will be a relief to have it out in the open and it will stop all the questions I have been getting about my future , ’ said the 21year-old Nottingham Forest player . |
| 22 | I have been struggling with my marriage for years largely because of my mood swings . |
| 23 | It 's fascinating and deals with attitude and mind control , using a technique called ‘ visualisation ’ which is more or less what I have been doing with my Knights . |
| 24 | I think that I am probably a bit sharper in the burst than over the long distance but during the two ‘ B ’ games I felt really sharp and I have been working on my speed and strength with the SRU fitness specialist , David McLean ’ . |
| 25 | I eventually got a chance to read the South Wales Aggregates Working Party 's Regional Commentary which has been sitting on my desk for months . |
| 26 | One time I was in the classroom , and my sparrow , which had been sleeping in my pocket , suddenly woke up and began chirping loudly . |
| 27 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to my Hilda and young Ralph . ’ |
| 28 | I 've discovered who has been paying for my education . |
| 29 | ‘ She has been falling at my feet since she was a child . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 've been crawling through my barbed wire ! ’ |