Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been [v-ing] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been ringing my family at regular intervals to see how things are going . ’ |
| 2 | Ever since the age of 13 I 've been hoping my spots would go away — but constant picking at them has left some scars . ’ |
| 3 | For three years I 've been biding my time , digging in at Deptford . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been biding my time waiting for this Ulster call , and was delighted when John Clarke gave me the nod , ’ he said . |
| 5 | So I 've been biding my time . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life ! |
| 7 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 8 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 9 | And I 've been nagging my parents . |
| 10 | I 've watched , I 've been watching my cartoons |
| 11 | Just just as a matter of interest , Graham , I was looking at the er , the rates yesterday , cos I 've been paying my mortgage over ten ye , over the last eleven years , and erm , bearing in mind the premiums I 've been paying before my endowments would have been er , er , you 'd expect to be more recent , because I was er , young |
| 12 | I 've been racking my brain to remember what Sue Puffett used to be called . |
| 13 | I 've been racking my brains for what I could have done , then it struck me . |
| 14 | ‘ You made it sound important , and I 've been racking my brains ever since . ’ |
| 15 | Look I 've been washing my hair |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been minding my own business , ’ Midnight said curtly , putting his hand on Jess 's shoulder . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been practising my serve for weeks . |
| 18 | She said in a level voice , though her hands were shaking , like puppets jerked on strings , " I 've been visiting my sister . |
| 19 | I 've been doing my own story all afternoon , and I had to cover the opening of a new computerized diagnosis unit out at Barnet on my way back from the Sillick Memorial . ’ |
| 20 | Furthermore , I 've been doing my sums in another area and generally putting two and two together , and I figure that something has to happen before I 'm reposted — to account for the baby . |
| 21 | Q I 've been having my hair permed every four months for the past three years . |
| 22 | My problem is that over the last 4 or 5 years , I 've been having my hair highlighted and gradually I feel that it has become too blonde . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been relearning my Latin and Greek , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Well now I 've been clearing my mind on the role of the Chief Constable a and of the Police Committee . |
| 25 | I 've been keeping my eye on her for a while , but it seems she 'd been returning the favour without my being aware of it . ’ |
| 26 | Q I have been using extra red Henna on my hair for almost two years while I 've been growing my hair . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm a tough , tough guy but I 've been crying my eyes out all day , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 29 | I know you 've been seeing my Josephine and I 've heard you brag about it , you cocky little bastard . |
| 30 | Unless you 've been calling my bluff since day one , you should be able to see off any mere mortal who rubs us up the wrong way . ’ |