Example sentences of "i have be [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been thinking about that riddle . |
| 2 | For what it is worth , I have been saving in this way for years myself . |
| 3 | I feel as if I have been wandering through this forest for an eternity , and it is some days since I have found anything to eat . |
| 4 | " I have been connected with different unions for this last twenty years " , he declared to the Royal Commission on Labour in 1892 , " but I am sorry to state that they have been formed for the benefit of one man , for he has generally cleared out with the funds " . |
| 5 | Q I have been trying with little success to get hold of a list of camping barn and bunkhouse type accommodations . |
| 6 | I would actually like to know your answer to this question , since I have been discussing with one or two other people whether one could hope to persuade Regional Railways to introduce a cheap fare for small groups of people , say on winter weekdays on quiet lines like the Central Wales and the Cambrian Coast . |
| 7 | Recently the coal measure type of cycle has been very plausibly explained in terms of climatically controlled ice-sheet surges , and we can very soon get lost in a multitude of explanations of the phenomena I have been discussing in this book . |
| 8 | I have always thought that we entered the ERM at a rate of exchange that was much too high , and I have been reinforced in this view by Britain 's poor showing in international trade during the past 18 months . |
| 9 | Since writing these words I have been assured by Manx Cat specialists that the animal 's troublesome genetic defects have now been largely eliminated by careful selective breeding without losing its uniquely tailless condition . |
| 10 | Olympia picked out one of the gems when they released Salmanov 's Fourth Symphony ( 3/89 ) , and I have been listening with much pleasure to Mravinsky 's Melodiya LPs of the previous three symphonies by this intriguing composer . |
| 11 | Speaking immediately after his election , John Young said : ‘ I am honoured and delighted to be elected Deputy Vice President and I see it as an opportunity to contribute to some of the serious issues facing the profession , and to represent a body with which I have been involved for much of my life . |
| 12 | I have been involved for many years with the channel tunnel project as a whole and its associated terminal at King 's Cross . |
| 13 | He says I have been flying for four years . |
| 14 | I have been flying for twenty years and doing aerobatics for ten years , having been taught to fly by my celebrated husband Tim , of Nealey Air Shows , in Chicago . |
| 15 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |
| 16 | The trouble is my boyfriend , with whom I have been living for six months , thinks I should use the money to pay off our overdraft . |
| 17 | I have been living in this area for over a year now , and I still have n't made any friends . |
| 18 | The moral common to these stories is one I have been emphasising throughout this discussion . |
| 19 | I have found the way I have been treated by qualified and unqualified people patronising and presumptuous and deeply offensive . |
| 20 | If the course of action that I am suggesting and ind which is indeed consistent with the course of action I have been suggesting throughout this enquiry is to work , then I need I would suggest tomorrow is probably the absolute latest for me to get anything from you , and to give the Councils any opportunity whatsoever to make any reply to them . |
| 21 | I have been sought by this remarkably beautiful creature who is offering herself to me … |
| 22 | I have been reassured on countless occasions that a hypnotist can not make me do anything against my will . |
| 23 | ‘ I have been asked on many occasions if we could have more modern replacements for our 12-year-old sail designs . |
| 24 | I have been asked by several Society members what it was like to take a ride on the Bishop 's Castle Railway , and the best description that I know of is the account by the late Sir Jasper More in his book , ‘ A TALE OF TWO HOUSES ’ , published by Sir Jasper in 1978 . |
| 25 | my vocation — the work , ministry , roles I am called to and the gifts I have been given for these . |
| 26 | Like most therapists , I have been inspired by countless different sources — from metaphysics to Buddhism , from object relations theory to Jung , from Gestalt therapy to psychosynthesis , from mysticism to shamanism . |
| 27 | Although the survey was carried out in 1987 , and events in education have moved on with amazing rapidity since then , many of the conclusions that can be drawn from the interviews seem to have retained their relevance , particularly in the context of the issue I have been exploring in this chapter . |
| 28 | I have given this Nayar material at some length because it exemplifies such a large number of the themes which I have been emphasizing throughout this book . |
| 29 | I have been moved on two or three thousand times in the last few years |
| 30 | I have been looking for that ever since I first became involved in politics . |