Example sentences of "[pron] have been [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I have been taking Woodworker now for some 10 years and have at last been inspired to write a letter replying to that of David Thomas in the December issue . |
2 | Reacting to his sentence on June 12 , he said : " I have been denied justice . |
3 | Dept. , Convocation and alumni to learn that I have been elected Vice-President of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education . |
4 | Bill , I have been receiving home help , for which I 'm very grateful , a good service , but I paid four pound forty five a week for somebody to come in and just wash and dress my wife in the morning . |
5 | I have been receiving mail from the list all morning ‘ n ’ all . |
6 | All day I have been seeing pictures of him at his best ; jumbled up in no chronological sequence — Saturday evening tram rides and visits to the Hippodrome with late supper afterwards in Malvern days , earlier days of ‘ where do you want to go to ’ in the study … the ‘ Well , boys this is grand ’ at the beginning of the holiday … his little drop of whiskey : his fund of wheezes . |
7 | ‘ I have been seeing people , Father . ’ |
8 | I have been leaving messages with Craig and others over the last four weeks asking for you to call me back , but have had no response . |
9 | Sir : I am writing first to congratulate you all on an excellent magazine , I have been reading Computer magazines for the last 10 years and can honestly say that Practical PC is the most informative and enjoyable one to date . |
10 | I have been reading AIM as long as I can remember , and over the years have gained great inspiration form it . |
11 | I have been reading Punch since I was a kid . |
12 | In the last year I have been helping residents with a variety of local problems and have successfully applied pressure on Oxfordshire County Council to act on the problems caused by the gypsies at the end of the Abingdon Road , near the Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre . |
13 | These articles are addressed to practitioners and for a long while I have been urging practitioners towards a greater involvement in the education of the profession 's next generation . |
14 | So far I have been suggesting ways in which the Free Church benefited from the political activities of its founder and other leading members . |
15 | I have been sought redress for people damaged by the utilities , but over the years the Government have pushed my pleas to one side . |
16 | ‘ I have been watching videos of my fights and I have been making a lot of basic mistakes . |
17 | Two marvellous collections of photographs came to light — Miss Puckle 's and Mr Emmanuel Beddoes ' — I have been given permission to use these , and many others lent by individuals . |
18 | Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 , Andrew Lees of Friends of the Earth declared , ‘ I have been given clearance by my Board to seek a judicial review … we are very serious about this issue and are going to go for it . ’ |
19 | I have been given Roy , the dra the engineering the the senior designer , Dennis er Kev who 's our |
20 | I have been producing guidebooks for fifteen years and I have never thought of that . |
21 | I have been hearing reports that he is floundering a little bit , which you do . |
22 | As you are aware I have been exploring ways in which the Regional Council can try to encourage investment by the private sector in the provision of new industrial land and buildings . |
23 | ‘ I have been teaching Connections since it first came out , and I enjoy it very much , and so do the vast majority of our students . ’ |
24 | I have been teaching machine knitting for some time and often come across pupils who have experienced the same problem . |
25 | Darlington MP Michael Fallon said : ‘ The health authority and I have been lobbying health ministers for some months and I am delighted Darlington is to get this scanner . |
26 | ‘ I have been smoking cigarettes for years . |
27 | ‘ I have been sent chocolate from my mother . |
28 | I have been collecting stamps of the world since I was eight-years old and specialize in , etc . ’ |
29 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
30 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |