Example sentences of "[vb base] i have [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If yer really want ter know I 've been courtin' a widow for some time an' we 're thinkin' of settlin' down tergether , ’ he replied . |
| 32 | As you know I have been meeting every two weeks with all the staff in the Economic Development Team , and discussing with them each stage of the process . |
| 33 | I hold the view very strongly — and I know I have been criticised for it — that when a government has not got great experience , is a minority government , it is essential if you can possibly support it that it should be able to speak with a strong voice to the countries of the world . |
| 34 | I know I have been reduced to a babble of disconnected comments , which do n't really say much . |
| 35 | ‘ Are n't you afraid I 'll dive straight into the drugs stash I 've been hoarding ? ’ |
| 36 | ‘ Suppose I 'd been having the breakdown . |
| 37 | I suppose I 've been making a fool of myself . |
| 38 | I suppose I had been given a sense of the evil of cinema by my strict Methodist grandparents , who were visibly shocked when once I confessed that I had been to see a film on Sunday . |
| 39 | I suppose I had been spoiled ; first by Mrs Hall , then by Helen . |
| 40 | I suppose I have been thinking rather a lot lately about my reluctance to stick a label on myself politically — as a lesbian . |
| 41 | ‘ I guess I 've been getting back on that horse ever since . ’ |
| 42 | I guess I 've been getting upset for too long when it was n't even necessary . |
| 43 | ‘ I got a whole morning off in Bruges , and I guess I 've been making up for it ever since . ’ |
| 44 | And er I feel I 've been wearing one for about twenty five years and I feel a lot better , I feel I feel as if I look good in a wig . |
| 45 | I almost feel I 've been sent here so they can teach me a lesson about life . |
| 46 | ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life ! |
| 47 | I still feel I 've been deprived of a natural birth . |
| 48 | I feel I 've been robbed , all along the line I feel I 've been robbed . |
| 49 | I feel I 've been robbed , all along the line I feel I 've been robbed . |
| 50 | Having dared , with one or two others , to open the door , I feel I 've been trampled in the rush and I 'm now standing up and waving a little flag saying , ‘ No , no , this is where we should be . ' |
| 51 | At last he said , with a helpless shrug , ‘ I feel I 've been let out of prison . ’ |
| 52 | ‘ I feel I 've been taken for a fool . ’ |
| 53 | Helena said : ‘ I know I have no overdraft facility but I genuinely believed there was enough money to pay my mortgage and feel I have been punished out of all proportion . |
| 54 | So dear Dr. Godman I feel I have been treated badly in this case and would be grateful if you would pursue this matter further . |
| 55 | Foster said : ‘ It 's a surprise because I am fully aware that I have not taken many wickets , although I also feel I have been bowling well . |
| 56 | I feel I have been neglecting your drawing lately . " |
| 57 | I think I 'd been expecting something good when I reach the village — a bed for the night , perhaps — but the place was deserted . |
| 58 | I expect they think I 've been drinking . |
| 59 | All of a sudden she said ‘ I think I 've been shot ’ . |
| 60 | ’ I think I 've been luring you into bad ways . ’ |