Example sentences of "'ve be [v-ing] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so he was dead annoyed with it , all week I 've been struggling to get him to bed |
| 2 | I 've been wanting to ask you about Jonas . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been wanting to do it for years . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You know you 've been wanting to meet someone of your own age . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been wanting to introduce you to Edward all evening . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been wanting to tell you for ages , but I could n't while you were so worried . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've been trying to wake him for half an hour , ’ said Fritz . |
| 9 | Like I 've been trying to tell everyone from the beginning . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a sad time for me , but this is something for which I 've been trying to prepare myself for some time , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I 've been trying to find you for ages . ’ |
| 12 | I 've been trying to get you for ages but your line 's been engaged . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been trying to get it into his thinking that he has to do more running , that he has to fight more and that there are defensive duties he has to do . ’ |
| 14 | Well as you waved your hand through the air I saw that ring there you see and I thought … ah I know what I 've been meaning to ask her for ages . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been meaning to ask you about the Ketterings . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I 've been meaning to tell you for ages . |
| 17 | Alarmed by her vehemence , Nicky replied , ‘ I 've been meaning to tell you for ages . |