Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He is very strict , and would dismiss me if he found out I 'd been interfering with his books . |
| 32 | ‘ If Mum finds out I 've been smoking she 'll kill me . |
| 33 | So far I have been suggesting ways in which the Free Church benefited from the political activities of its founder and other leading members . |
| 34 | So far I have been arguing that the essential subject matter of all kinds of anthropology is the diversity of mankind , both biological and cultural , while my own particular concern , as a social anthropologist , is with moral ( cultural ) diversity within a matrix of ( approximate ) species-wide biological uniformity . |
| 35 | So far I have been working " backwards ' from the specific deictic terms and elements of the poem to contextual possibilities and other pragmatic considerations . |
| 36 | Now I had been hanging back , attempting to develop some strategy . |
| 37 | Well now I 've been clearing my mind on the role of the Chief Constable a and of the Police Committee . |
| 38 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 39 | back over with you , I 'll sort something out while I 've got some small change in me purse now I 've been shopping , I 'll sort it out |
| 40 | ‘ For some time now I have been thinking I should marry again . |
| 41 | FOR months now I have been trying to contain excitement at the thought of the compact disc . |
| 42 | Now I have been digressing and let me say quite clearly that I never knew the answer and I do not know it now , how the tremendously high level of morale was sustained , not just in the Pathfinders , but throughout the Command as a whole . |
| 43 | For some years now I have been researching an area where a certain event took place . |
| 44 | ‘ Now I have been working hard on my fitness and my ankle has improved . ’ |
| 45 | Today I 've been thinking to myself , I 've only got the sleeves to put in that dress — when am I going to have the time to do it' ? |
| 46 | Today I 've been thinking he could keep me here for ever . |
| 47 | And today I 've been feeling down . |
| 48 | I 'm alright , I 'm quite happy just to walk around I 've been sitting , sitting down |
| 49 | Well I 've been taking them yeah , |
| 50 | yes well I 've been thinking about it , what you want is a |
| 51 | Well I 've been stopping but I thought , I , I |
| 52 | I know , well I 've been cooking . |
| 53 | Well I 've been using that what you buy from |
| 54 | Just as well I 've been staying out the way . |
| 55 | Well I 've been holding it to save it . |
| 56 | It is really , well I 've been hanging them out because it 's , that 's such an effort , you know what the cleaner s |
| 57 | We we well we 'd love to be able to get get on with our job and er wi with far less interference than we receive at the moment but er when government insists on er on interfering to the extent it does an and there have been well I 've been reading recently so something like five hundred new powers the Education Secretary has given himself in the in over the last last few years . |
| 58 | Well I 've been doing the landing you know , paint w white paintwork . |
| 59 | Well I 've been doing it for a |
| 60 | Right , well I 've been waiting since er what is it twelve o'clock this morning , what on earth this question can be and I certainly did n't er come up with this possible , erm all I can say is that I have always got on extremely well with Tony and . |