Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] been [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 've gone all , you see I have n't been eating them so they 've been in the fridge and they 've gone all soft . |
| 2 | I knew that I had n't been kidding myself when he turned up one evening looking exhausted , miserable and defeated , to tell me his wife had threatened to start divorce proceedings . |
| 3 | I had n't been expecting him quite so soon . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , you 'd have had the lot pilfered if I had n't been guarding them and suffered the most ghastly discomfort in the process . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | Charles Archer says , ‘ I had just been manning my gun and had sat down when we took the hit . |
| 7 | But I 've not been taking them for the last week . |
| 8 | I was on that , I mean I 've not been taking them all the time , I 've really only been taking them when I feel it . |
| 9 | Well I 've been very good I 've not been phoning anybody else |
| 10 | I 'm very much aware I 've not been saying my name each time I 've been speaking but probably too late now . |
| 11 | I 've just been borrowing you . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not quite such a coincidence as I seem , ’ she said , ‘ I 've just been reading my uncle 's book on Aurae Phiala , that 's why I came to have a look at the place for myself . |
| 13 | Though , ever a man to confuse her , he greeted her pleasantly , ‘ Good morning , darling , ’ and , in case she had n't got the message that the endearment was only on account of their audience , ‘ I 've just been telling my uncle that we 'll be leaving after breakfast . ’ |
| 14 | Er so it 's mainly erm what I 've just been telling you about cleaning all |
| 15 | I 've just been doing it together . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've just been tellin' you how Mr Winterburn chased me all over the house when 'is fam'ly was at church one Sunday . |
| 17 | Sir I 've just been recording you . |
| 18 | funny , cos sulfasala I 've been s I 've certainly been using it for years and years and years with different folk fo er for something completely different . |
| 19 | I 've always been doing what this man told me or that man told me ; now I 'm doing things for myself . |
| 20 | They think I 'm reconciled , but I 've only been biding my time for a chance like this one you 've brought me now . |
| 21 | ‘ As I have just been telling your nurse , I 'm having trouble listening to a chest . |
| 22 | His name is not even mentioned in the manual of literary dates with which I have just been refreshing my memory . |
| 23 | Well , I have n't been watching what you were doing ! |
| 24 | ‘ I have n't been seeing anyone . |
| 25 | Oh he said well I have n't been handling it for six weeks I said . |
| 26 | And I have n't been doing it . |
| 27 | I have not been cutting it ! |
| 28 | I have obviously been taking you for granted . ’ |