Example sentences of "i have been [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And John and I have been thinking of the worst possible situation that they could have . |
| 2 | I have been communicating with the Minister since 1988 on that problem . |
| 3 | I am 23 and for the past three years I have been piling on the pounds without realising it until I finally took a good look at myself weighing in at 12st 3lbs ( 77.5kg ) at 5ft 4ins ( 1.6m ) . |
| 4 | If I have been fishing to the north of Fetlar , I sometimes take the ‘ inner route ’ back , a rather tortuous passage through the reefs and islets where navigation has to be pretty precise to avoid hitting hidden rocks . |
| 5 | I HAVE been reading in the News about whether or not there is some justification for today 's young men being a bit too pushy towards girls . |
| 6 | I have been living in the city for three years and if I were to go to the estates now they would n't give me work . |
| 7 | I have been living in the same bungalow now for 10 years , and it seems no easier now than it was 10 years ago to find staff . |
| 8 | Lesser rorqual , pilot whales , Risso 's dolphins , killer whales and porpoises are all likely to be met with in Shetland waters and most of my close encounters have been while I have been drifting with the motor stopped . |
| 9 | Sir , — I have been puzzling over the purpose of P. Cowan 's ‘ Democracy ’ letter . |
| 10 | I HAVE been hearing about the latest ‘ in ’ birthday present for dad , and it does n't matter how old the old boy is . |
| 11 | For over thirty years I have been teaching in the public schools of New York City . |
| 12 | ‘ I might not be the youngest but I have a great deal of knowledge which I have been using in the field of local and regional government for years . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I have been looking through the private Ledger , ’ Bragg said amiably . |
| 14 | AS a third part of a nanny share I have been looking at the law and the availability of Liability Insurance . |
| 15 | I have been looking at the following : two very ‘ liquid ’ liquid acrylics are Winsor & Newton Designer 's Liquid Acrylic Colours and the new ACP ArtistColour Professional by Rotring . |
| 16 | I have been looking at the Opposition amendment . |
| 17 | I have been looking at the Labour party document for health in Scotland , ’ A |
| 18 | I have been looking at the wares offered at spring seminars by the Folger Institute , a consortium of 29 universities , with Yale and Princeton in , but Harvard out . |
| 19 | Following our discussions , I have been looking into the financial aspects of the timeshare proposal . |
| 20 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 21 | One way to give ourselves new heart is to go where books and readers meet , and this is what I have been doing for the past year , working in secondary schools on research funded by the British Library . |
| 22 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 23 | Over the past few weeks I have been dipping into the annual report — for last year — of the Medical Defence Union , an outfit that deals with legal claims against doctors for alleged incompetence , negligence and other failings . |
| 24 | In recent days , he wrote , perhaps because Spring is upon us , I have been putting in the hours but the intensity has gone . |
| 25 | I have been subscribing to The Artist since 1965 . |
| 26 | Realistically , I have been fighting against the odds since I took over . |
| 27 | And as luck would have it , I just happen to have a list of apparently germane truths which I have been maturing during the last month or so , after being worsted in various conversations . |
| 28 | ‘ Miss Russell and I have been talking over the past . ’ |
| 29 | I have been talking about the different levels at which reason operates in relation to individual disciplines : we can take up stances within disciplines , across disciplines , and in being critical of disciplines as a whole . |
| 30 | I have been talking to the whites many years about the lands in question , and it is strange they can not understand me ; the country they claim belonged to my father , and when he died it was given to me and my people , and I will not leave it until I am compelled to . |