Example sentences of "i 've be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I 've been pissing blood all night , Tony . |
| 32 | ‘ I 've been holding them for your decision . ’ |
| 33 | He said , ‘ You were right , I 've been holding what happened to Tracy at arm 's length . |
| 34 | Look I 've been holding Richard . |
| 35 | Well I 've been holding it to save it . |
| 36 | I 've been holding back again this passion . |
| 37 | I buy everything from him but I 've got to buy another tumble dryer erm I 've been drying clothes off in the house and the three men and all them well two of them wearing work wear jeans and the next one that comes in will be wearing jeans , it 's no go I just can not dry stuff off in the house , I 've just got to have a tumble . |
| 38 | I mean , I 've been analyzing every dream I can remember now for the last twenty one years and er I think I 've got rather good at dream interpretation I must admit . |
| 39 | if we do n't work on the strategy that I 've been suggesting |
| 40 | I know , well I 've been cooking . |
| 41 | Yes , yes , but erm , you know , I have had to say to the chaps , one of them came in and he said he 'd been spoiled down at the cedar and I said oh well , I , I 've been cooking a breakfast for Neil of course by the operation of sods law , Neil suddenly goes off the idea of having breakfast , so I find myself cooking breakfast for this other lump , who is as idol and selfish as anybody ever met in all the born days , and I said to him just recently , I said , I , I ca n't get up and do breakfast 's in the morning any more , well he says he come 's down and does he 's own , you see they can when they feel that they want too . |
| 42 | I 've been cooking for 7 years now , including my school , my cookery school . |
| 43 | It 's dark , cold and pouring with rain as I leave the office of E. and B. Productions where I 've been discussing the pantomime orchestra with Paul , the company musical director . |
| 44 | I 've been scouring the papers , and there 's no mention . ’ |
| 45 | I 've been organising classes … ’ |
| 46 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 47 | I 've been buying your magazine religiously for the last 18 months and would like to thank you for a great read . |
| 48 | I 've been buying bars and bars of that see . |
| 49 | Yes there is I 've been , yeah I 've been I 've been buying shares er Excon shares in a share p er a share purchase |
| 50 | But I 've been buying more icecream and that . |
| 51 | So when I 've been fussing about in there |
| 52 | I 'll tell you what it is — it 's only bogland and I should know for I 've been lookin' at them fields for years . ’ |
| 53 | I 've been hiding there for ages . |
| 54 | And this ’ — he spread an arm out — ‘ is the amateur group I 've been supporting over the past years . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ I 've been hoping you 'd agree for some time . |
| 56 | Ever since the age of 13 I 've been hoping my spots would go away — but constant picking at them has left some scars . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ I 've been hoping you 'd come down to the beach these last three days , ’ he went on . |
| 58 | I 've been hoping to leave it erm and see what happens . |
| 59 | It 's just what I 've been hoping for ! |
| 60 | I 've been hoping , longing , praying to make you happy ! ’ |