Example sentences of "i [vb base] [be] [verb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been ringing all morning but I could n't get any answer . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He says it 's because he volunteered when he was too young and now he 's been pestering them , but I 've been pestering all three services and got nowhere . ’ |
| 3 | no , you s I 've been trying all morning . |
| 4 | Or , I 've been scrubbing all morning and they wo n't come any cleaner . |
| 5 | I 've been coughing all night ! |
| 6 | I says , I 've been coughing all night . |
| 7 | And I 've been getting all the |
| 8 | I said I 've been phoning all the time , I said , and I still do n't know about it ! |
| 9 | I 've been ask all their sexual attitudes |
| 10 | I 've been escaping all my life . |
| 11 | But I found at Herald and Post the actual reporters have only been meeting and I 've been sending all the erm all the paper work to Harlow and Bishop 's Stortford , but they 're just sort of the erm , the advertising people so erm , that 's why we 've not had anything in the papers . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been calling all afternoon , ’ he told her , ‘ There 's a faculty dinner . |
| 13 | I 've been waiting all this time for a baby , but I must admit the carrying of it is more tiring than I 'd expected . ’ |
| 14 | Well some people have been talking about five to seven years , I 've been saying all the way through that we 're very flexible on this , and clearly if erm a bidder whether it 's a management buy out with other people in the bid , others in the consortium , or an outright bid from a private sector consortium er if if they get the franchise and make clear that that 's on the basis that they 're going to put a lot of money into the capital investment , then clearly they will want a longer period and we have made that clear . |
| 15 | I will , because I 've been recording all this . |
| 16 | I 've been raising all my life . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been working all night and I 'm worn out . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been working all night to get our ricks covered . |
| 19 | Cherry stopped him and said what you doing she said George this old man he 's said I 'm going to give this to the manager like he said because I 've been brought all these trolleys back . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ I 've been told all the stories about how my dad used to stand in the Steering Wheel Club with half a pint of lager just waiting to talk to people and to worm his way into Formula One . |
| 21 | I need to know that it 's necessary to remove all those trees I 've been told all sorts of things like they 're in pots and they 'll become pot bound they 're growing outwards they might fall down they might fracture mains they block off the er view of the church well I think they 're a nice asset in the city centre . |
| 22 | I 've been attending all the lectures that deal with building up a practice ; I 've learnt a lot and I 'm convinced it 's possible . ’ |
| 23 | I 've been doing all the routine things a podiatrist would do . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm doing what I 've been doing all week really . |
| 25 | I 've been doing all this that looks nice yes ? |
| 26 | I 've been wondering all day whether or not to own up to this . |
| 27 | I 've been doin' all sorts of jobs since then , and livin' in all sorts of lodgings , and now I 've been chucked out of me last place because I did n't 'ave any job or any money . |
| 28 | I have been plotting all morning how to get you back again . |
| 29 | When Jesus appeared after his resurrection to his disciples in Galilee , he told them , ‘ I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I have been drinking all my life , ’ explained Lili . |