Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been [v-ing] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I KNOW — THAT 'S WHAT I 'VE BEEN TELLING MYSELF , BUT IT 'S NO GOOD . |
| 2 | That 's what I 've been telling myself all these years , but sense does n't come into it , ca n't change how you feel . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been telling myself I would n't let this happen , ’ he rasped , ‘ but there 's something about you that drives me to the edge of my control . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been promising myself a drink for the last couple of hours … ’ |
| 5 | I 'm thinking of buying myself some ice skates , I 've been promising myself those , just , you know over the last few years when we have had a , just a bit , mind you there was one year about six years ago were n't it , where we were |
| 6 | I 've been covering myself up and praying James would n't notice . |
| 7 | In 1976 in London while he was making Shout at the Devil , he told me , ‘ I 've been burning myself out . |
| 8 | Anyone who 's vigilant knows what 's going on and they 're aware of what 's happening , so again it , it shows that we must do something as they said on that motorway , the thing to do when you feel yourself going into drow drowsiness is , is stop the car perhaps , get out and have a walk round , do something , I know I , er in the past when I 've felt myself going off to sleep in those situations , I 've been pinching myself and , and really making yourself do something rather than just sitting there doing nothing , cos that 's the way we just go off and get lowered into sleep and our lives are involved in this , we 've read and heard about people that have gone to sleep on motorways have n't they ? |
| 9 | I 've been crying myself to sleep . ’ |
| 10 | There was quite a silence following this , then he said at last , ‘ Ah , that 's exactly what I 've been asking myself lately . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been asking myself that question , ’ Jenna confessed , but all she got was another suspicious look . |
| 12 | I 've been asking myself ever since . |
| 13 | And the question I 've been asking myself of this , is that erm , where did we start from . |
| 14 | I 've been restraining myself for six and a half years ! |
| 15 | All these months while I 've been writing these letters for her , I 've been putting myself in her place , feeling all the love she feels , remembering things that I never really knew about in the first place . |
| 16 | I fancy you 've been enjoying yourself just as much as I have . ’ |
| 17 | Look , you 've been repeating yourself again . |
| 18 | Look , you 've been repeating yourself again . |
| 19 | ‘ Your brother says you 've been pushing yourself too hard , trying to finish your degree when you should have been resting . ’ |
| 20 | But if just once I feel I 've run as hard as I possible could , in good shape , and I 've still only done 27:50 , maybe I 'll be happy to say , ‘ Oh well , Solly , you 've been kidding yourself all along ’ . ’ |
| 21 | Before you start trying to watch home movies on your PC , remember that although Microsoft is kind enough to include a very basic multi media player and recorder ( both illustrated ) as part of the standard Windows desktop , in order to go some way towards true multi media you need a few more things : a windows multi media extension , a CD-ROM drive , a sound card and probably a new monitor , not to mention that faster machine you 've been promising yourself . |
| 22 | So you 've been educating yourself again . ’ |
| 23 | Mister Grant has passed the crisis point now , and you 've been denying yourself proper amounts of sleep for the past five days . |
| 24 | It seems to me that however attractive this addendum is , it 's taking us away from the real issue which is about the baptism one which the bishop er also kind of brought up er and which we 've been exercising ourselves over . |
| 25 | wages cos we 've been giving ourselves under wages over the last |
| 26 | around or over the world in 30 days of driving … that 's the dream of two local motoring enthusiasts who are taking their old morgan car on the longest … the toughest rally of them all … they 've been getting themselves into gear in the Malverns and we 're off there to join them for our Friday feature |