Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been muttering unhappily to a couple of friends about how hopelessly disorganized a particular campaign I 'd got involved with seemed to be when a strange man next to us started a similar but louder tirade about how useless Switchboard was , how everyone knew they were ripping off money from their fund raising and what a lousy job they did in his ( extremely small and third-hand ) experience . |
| 2 | I 'd been looking forward to telling Charlie how depressed and lonely I 'd been since we moved to London . |
| 3 | I 'd been looking forward to seeing you both , and I had wanted to discuss that Unesco thing with you . ’ |
| 4 | Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age . |
| 5 | I 'd been getting away with it for ages . |
| 6 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
| 7 | I did n't have a big name in the business as I 'd been concentrating just on working , so I was n't a star and could n't force through any changes . |
| 8 | There crawled into my mind one nasty little question that I 'd been fighting off till now . |
| 9 | And I wondered why there was n't and I 'd been sitting there for ages , twenty five past five is the appointment . |
| 10 | It was a freezing cold day and I 'd been sitting there in nothing but these dungarees that I 'd been working on the roof in . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd been working solidly for eighteen months , ’ she pointed out . |
| 12 | He 'd been sitting apparently fascinated by my World Religions class , and when he came up at the end I was sure he wanted to ask a question about Zoroastrianism or Thuggee , or whatever damned thing I 'd been going on about . |
| 13 | I 'd been going out with Heather on and off , with one or two other girls in between . |
| 14 | It was not until eleven years later that I returned to England and saw Biddy and Joe again , although I had been writing regularly to them . |
| 15 | In Doncaster over Christmas , I had been thinking constantly about criticizing the Government . |
| 16 | And the question I had been holding down with my domestic frenzy , my sorting and tidying , my focus on Matter , burst through : would the decay have set in ? |
| 17 | To dwell on the Caledonian Canal for a moment , this was my first of many passages through which is for me the most beautiful of all the canals — the ultimate in inland waterways , so I had been looking forward to it immensely . |
| 18 | I had been looking forward to going to what I called ‘ big school ’ . |
| 19 | I am disappointed that none of those hon. Members is in his place , because I had been looking forward to their contributions and should have liked to address the odd remark to them , but I shall do that in any event . |
| 20 | As I had already been rock-climbing I decided it was time to take part in the activity which I had been looking forward to , canoeing ! |
| 21 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |
| 22 | Although previously I had been walking only on weekends , I was now walking up to five times a week for half an hour at a time . |
| 23 | I heard this with embarrassment , remembering how terribly bored and miserable I had been sitting there on a long hot afternoon , hardly understanding a word as chiefs and elders talked to our delegation in local dialect . |
| 24 | In fact , I had been heading resolutely towards a myocardial infarct for at least 15 years . |
| 25 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 26 | Doreen hastened towards them , her face contorted with anger as she exclaimed , ‘ Silas — I 've been searching everywhere for you . |
| 27 | Er it 's really is to follow on from this debate that we 're having about what should happen if a shortfall occurs , erm and we 've heard , I 've been listening carefully to your views about er the way in which you agree with the Good Committee that a shortfall is an employers debt , the employers responsibility to meet that shortfall and we 've been talking about that shortfall should be met , but the Good Committee also concluded that er pensioners should not be regarded as preferential creditors erm and you also agreed with that . |
| 28 | So when I 've been fussing about in there |
| 29 | I 've been hiding there for ages . |
| 30 | Do you think I 've been staying here for the good of my health ? |