Example sentences of "[adv] i have been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 3 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 4 | I really do think that there is a degree of inconsistency in compelling a Gothic architect to erect a classical building — and so I have been thinking of appointing you a coadjutor , who would in fact make the design ! |
| 5 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 6 | Later I have been thinking over what Dad said . |
| 7 | He is very strict , and would dismiss me if he found out I 'd been interfering with his books . |
| 8 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 9 | Today I 've been thinking to myself , I 've only got the sleeves to put in that dress — when am I going to have the time to do it' ? |
| 10 | yes well I 've been thinking about it , what you want is a |
| 11 | Just as well I 've been staying out the way . |
| 12 | Right , well I 've been waiting since er what is it twelve o'clock this morning , what on earth this question can be and I certainly did n't er come up with this possible , erm all I can say is that I have always got on extremely well with Tony and . |
| 13 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 14 | A few days earlier I had been thinking of calling my doctor to assess the chances of having my vasectomy reversed in order to save my marriage to Karen . |
| 15 | ‘ No , but then I 've been thinking about the amniocentesis . |
| 16 | I spent three months in the Canaries , and since then I 've been travelling between England and Ireland . |
| 17 | You ca n't imagine how I have been aching for you … |
| 18 | Just as well so late I 've been waiting for to come . |
| 19 | She said , ‘ I 've been trying to think about Wayne , but instead I 've been thinking about myself . |
| 20 | I think what was different in my approach , and it partly goes back to my background , is that firstly I had been working on educational planning , and that secondly I come from a background of market research . |
| 21 | Minny : one day when I 'd been gushing about her dress when she was going out to a dance . |
| 22 | I had or had had cancer — a most serious disease — yet I had been talking as if it was all a joke . |
| 23 | ‘ I fancied a change of scene from London where I 'd been working with the Bank of England in-house catering team ’ she said . |
| 24 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
| 25 | In France , where I have been working for two years , the government understands the need for cultural things . |
| 26 | ‘ Angel , ’ she said , ‘ do you know why I 've been running after you ? |
| 27 | I 'm a geologist — that bit was true — and until recently I 've been working in Sydney . |
| 28 | By the time the rope went tight I had been standing in the same spot for nearly an hour and a half . |
| 29 | Yeah and and the other thing which I , actually I 've been laughing at here is because you were laughing at yourself when you were asking the questions . |