Example sentences of "[Wh det] i 've be [verb] " in BNC.

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31 I mean biologists , when they 're talking to one another , are , by and large , talking about Darwin and that 's what I 've been trying to do .
32 It 's just what I 've been hoping for !
33 I KNOW — THAT 'S WHAT I 'VE BEEN TELLING MYSELF , BUT IT 'S NO GOOD .
34 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 .
35 Well as you waved your hand through the air I saw that ring there you see and I thought … ah I know what I 've been meaning to ask her for ages .
36 ‘ What I 'm saying , Vitali — what I 've been driving at in my own bluff way — is that I would very much appreciate , that 's to say , well … ’
37 What I 've been doing is changing the bottom three one day and then the high ones the next ; I never change them all at once because , even though you stretch them in , it still seems the bridge gets unstable . ’
38 ‘ So what I 've been doing today is working on the low B strings in conjunction with our latest invention , which is a device that uses a load cell to monitor the tension of the wrap wire as it 's going on the string .
39 What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components .
40 That 's what I 've been doing six days a week for the last four or five weeks .
41 It 's what I 've been doing today .
42 That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’
43 ‘ Is that what I 've been doing ? ’
44 ‘ Know what I 've been doing ? ’
45 I 'm doing what I 've been doing all week really .
46 It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months .
47 That is what I 've been doing and I have had some marvellous views of them . ’
48 I 'm a manic gardener and I that 's what I 've been doing .
49 Guess what I 've been doing today ?
50 Definitely erm what I was trying to do was not do what I 've been doing which is to jerk .
51 Well that 's what I , that 's what I 've been doing .
52 So that 's what I 've been doing .
53 So that 's what I 've been doing .
54 Yeah , that 's what I 've been doing cutting down gradual .
55 That 's what I 've been doing I meant I mean that !
56 ‘ When it works , it 'll be nothing to be ashamed of It 's what I 've been working towards for most of my professional life , ’ the doctor said defensively .
57 that 's what I 've been waiting for that ten , ten do it again
58 There was quite a silence following this , then he said at last , ‘ Ah , that 's exactly what I 've been asking myself lately .
59 I 'm not offending you by what I 've been saying ? ’
60 Now do you see what I 've been saying all along ? ’
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