Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [be] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | I see I 've been slipping up a bit . ’ |
2 | Saw three fellows at the end of Royce Wood , who I found were laying out the plan for an iron rail way from Manchester to London . |
3 | I 'd been jumping up and down like an eejit for a couple of minutes before the bloke next to me tapped me politely on the shoulder to point out the linesman and his flag . |
4 | I 'd been mucking around and none of my mates like that . |
5 | For a moment I felt better , then my face chanced to come alongside the face of a three-foot-high king in a crown — I 'd been pushing down hard on the bishop 's corpse memory , now he reared up again … |
6 | I 'd been looking down all the time we were talking , but he made me look up then , and our eyes met and I know something passed between us . |
7 | ‘ It was just that a couple of times I 'd been looking out , or I 'd just glance up as I passed , and , well , I 'd seen her there . |
8 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
9 | He wanted to know how I 'd been getting on , and who 'd been helping me out . |
10 | ‘ Everyone would think I 'd been messing around ! |
11 | You 're right , are n't you Yes , once he got going , I knew why I 'd been holding back . |
12 | I wanted to top up the pond I 'd been cleaning out . |
13 | There crawled into my mind one nasty little question that I 'd been fighting off till now . |
14 | ‘ The one against Ruddock was more natural , more instinctive , something I 'd been working on . |
15 | I 'd been banging up dikes for a couple of years when smack came on the scene and I just sort of carried on as I had been doing , y'know , with the smack instead of the dike . |
16 | He 'd been sitting apparently fascinated by my World Religions class , and when he came up at the end I was sure he wanted to ask a question about Zoroastrianism or Thuggee , or whatever damned thing I 'd been going on about . |
17 | I 'd been going round all morning and never seen him . |
18 | I 'd been going out burgling , like . |
19 | I 'd been going out with Heather on and off , with one or two other girls in between . |
20 | For them the time must have flown by , but for me it seemed as if I 'd been standing out there all morning ! |
21 | All I remember is waking up in a prison cell with a colossal headache . ’ |
22 | Then he hit me with the butt of his gun and the next thing I remember is coming round to find my colleagues crouched anxiously beside me . |
23 | The next thing I remember was getting up and falling down again because my feet were numb , ’ he said . |
24 | Occasionally I was lucid enough to remember that I must never write about what was going on , or what I thought was going on . |
25 | Well I know but I 'm talking about , with break ins , I mean , people are a a I think are getting on with it and there 's no deterrent for the |
26 | Well , I think it erm , very , I mean I think as you said Chairman , if erm , there 's a clear majority for one party it 'll unblock a whole lot of delay and decision making which I think is going on and I think that that should be helpful . |
27 | I said is pulling out . |
28 | Now I had been hanging back , attempting to develop some strategy . |
29 | I had been reaching up to put packets and tins into one of the wall cupboards , but this startled me into turning . |
30 | And the question I had been holding down with my domestic frenzy , my sorting and tidying , my focus on Matter , burst through : would the decay have set in ? |