Example sentences of "[pers pn] have be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | For twelve months , I 've been trying to er , when I realised that that was put on my cleaning bill , it seemed to be so unfair that the little ol and the lady who , up till now has has cleaned for me , because the home help service , no longer just does cleaning . |
| 32 | So I 've been trying , I 've been trying to sort of , I I was arguing saying , I do n't think that 's true . |
| 33 | Today I 've been thinking to myself , I 've only got the sleeves to put in that dress — when am I going to have the time to do it' ? |
| 34 | So , you know what these girls are , they sort of I personally , you know , as it were a trained scientist , a certified chemist who you tend to , to take a , a slightly er diagnostic view of things , but that 's not quite right , but you take a slightly objective view of things and I , I , I , I 've been thinking to myself ah it is rotten unfair on girls because sometimes sort of between about fifteen and twenty five , but now I suppose because they 're all growing up so much earlier it 's between ten and twenty , they have a pretty monumental change , they , and , and it 's not a bundle of laughs but they can talk to their friends , they can see their friends and talk to their mothers , they can get a vague way it 's gon na affect them and they can you know , sort of , let's say twenty , twenty five settle into a routine which has variations every , during the four weeks and they vary between individuals , I mean it 's well known |
| 35 | ‘ I 've been coming to games at the Manor since I was 10 … not every week like but since three seasons ago I have n't missed a match — I 've been to them all . |
| 36 | ‘ I 've been coming to the show every week , ’ he explained . |
| 37 | I 've been coming to conference for the last fifteen years to help build the grand union which we 've got today and I 'm not gon na sit back and watch this carved up , for nobody , for nobody . |
| 38 | I 've been saying to her well you 'll have to wait she 's been saying her feet hurt , right ? |
| 39 | Well that 's what I 've been saying to dad as well , I said the times I said we 've had cheques come back ! |
| 40 | I 've been admitting to the robbery for two and a half years , but no one will listen . |
| 41 | ‘ When we have our celebration , it reminds me of Lourdes , and I 've been going to Lourdes since 1961 . |
| 42 | I 've been going to the Enquirer 's Course for months now ! ’ |
| 43 | I 've been going to meetings for a while now ’ . |
| 44 | I 've been going to the cinema ever since I was 7 years old and I 've seen fights at many films . |
| 45 | I 've been going to Glorious Goodwood for twenty years — and invariably play golf while I 'm there . |
| 46 | During the Christmas and Easter holidays for as long as I can remember , I 've been going to assorted relatives and friends , but in the long , summer months I 've always gone home . |
| 47 | ‘ I 've been going to the races and washing up the dishes with my wife , as I need a bit of a rest before I start . |
| 48 | And I 've been going to the shop and changing a note every time for the change . |
| 49 | I 've been going to bed at half past one and I was doing the T M A for two nights , then I 've been doing his V A T for two nights so I 've got to bed really really late and I just and , the thing is , the T M A were all on about my then I just start to relax I had to resort to herbal knockout drops . |
| 50 | the er the lady that comes to the meetings cos I 've been going to them . |
| 51 | Yeah well I get so it 's a pound cheaper than I , you know , others I 've been going to . |
| 52 | I 've been going to the gym . |
| 53 | Said a lot of things I 've been meaning to for a long time . ’ |
| 54 | No , I 've been meaning to . |
| 55 | For some time it seems I 've been talking to myself . |
| 56 | ‘ I 've been talking to people about this , 'cos everyone thinks the video is so sexy , you know . |
| 57 | I 've been talking to Dr Wickram about this . |
| 58 | Erm , oh I have got something else , which is music , erm , at the last meeting I said I 've been talking to Simon from the Queen 's Hall , about the idea of doing pre-concert notes |
| 59 | I 've been talking to Adèle . |
| 60 | What k what kind what 's changed in the short time are the things Wh when I 've been talking to them about the publicity you said that , The last few years there 's there has been |