Example sentences of "[conj] i 've be [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE has been told to turn up at his restaurant at Venice Beach , California at 2.30 pm to tell me his version of the story of his life , then Dudley Moore more or less dudleys into his restaurant at Venice Beach , California and joins me at a corner table where I 've been waiting to hear his story . |
| 2 | It 's because of that interest , and those letters , that I 've been sent to do a special report . ’ |
| 3 | Now the first story that I 've been asked to tell specially comes not from this country we 'll just let our lads here get dressed because you , you knew that the story was gon na come from a very hot country did you ? |
| 4 | Because the kind of earthly and human illustrations that I 've been trying to use this morning are all bound to fall short . |
| 5 | With an instant return to sweet reasonableness , Andrée said , ‘ Admitted that I 've been trying to seduce you , does n't that only go to show how desperate I am to get my way ? |
| 6 | A sergeant appears from what a plate beside the door indicates is the dentist 's and I go up to him and tell him my name and that I 've been told to report my movements by Detective Inspector McDunn . |
| 7 | As I 've started writing to ya now , I might as well ask you some stuff that I 've been dying to ask for ages . |
| 8 | I know that something new has happened , that I 've been forced to make a connection I 've never made before . |
| 9 | There does n't seem to be much of it about , not even many DFs , so I 've been trying to stock up lately . |
| 10 | It was a bitter summary of their unhappy affair , but compunction ensued , because it was n't Luke 's fault that he could n't love her , even if he had no right to despise her , so she added neutrally , ‘ There 's a Chinese tea-house or tea-garden — I 'm not sure what it 's really called — not far from here that intrigues me , and I 've been wanting to go and find out what it 's all about ever since I first passed it . |
| 11 | And I 've been wanting to ask if they got a record o' that at Pulham St Mary . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've worked for fourteen years in this business and I 've been given to understand that I should get a partnership one day . ’ |
| 13 | Your Royal Highness , Ladies and Gentlemen my name 's Rod I normally masquerade as the Chief Racing Coach for the Royal Yachting Association but I 'm not here in that capacity this afternoon but the coordinator rather a grand title for the Year of Youth Sailing and I 've been asked to give you a short ten minutes or so briefing on where we 're up to with th this project this year erm I know there are many familiar faces around so I apologize to those of you that may know some of this information already . |
| 14 | But to Sophie 's intense mortification it was Dawn who arrived and said calmly , ‘ Robert has been called out to a difficult calving case and I 've been told to give you his apologies . |
| 15 | Fashanu said : ‘ It 's a trapped sciatic nerve and I 've been told to rest for about three weeks . |
| 16 | Cos I 've been trying to organise it . |
| 17 | Cos I 've been meaning to get myself some . |
| 18 | Well it 's not a yes yes for the garden because I would n't have room for it but it 's certainly a yes yes in my shelter delt because the birds love the berries and it really encourages them to use that shelter delt but it is n't as , as easy to grow , it 's , one tends to think of the nature plant as a tough plant but I 've been trying to establish about thirty of these in the shelter delt and I 've found they object to any form of total weedkiller round the root , so all the , the weedkillers that you would use for the first couple of years maybe to , to keep the , the weeds from growing round the stems , they tend to get chlorotic and die . |
| 19 | Julia smiled at them and Carrie said suddenly , ‘ I did n't want to upset you , Julie , but I 've been dying to tell you . |
| 20 | Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time . |
| 21 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 22 | Because I 've been trying to swop between that one and that one . |
| 23 | Erm , I 've been in discussion , because I 've been trying to rescue their electricity bill situation , which is again , something which has blown up on them . |
| 24 | I really wanted to go to ‘ Ps + Gs ’ at Easter for a change , plus I 've been asked to help with communion in the evening . |
| 25 | I feel as though I 've been asked to define , what is the length of a piece of string ? |