Example sentences of "i 've [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | you with me ? , cos I 'm having him going over my words , but I felt really guilty about that , because I , the thought that he was frightened of me shouting at him and yet I think it 's to do with passing over of all authority , I 've been teaching him , I 'm the one that does the words , not her |
| 32 | Erm erm and then he was going spare and he says these are the worst I 've ever received in all the years I 've been teaching , right ? |
| 33 | That I see the faces I 've been gutted to ashes . |
| 34 | Let me say first , I 've been nursing psychiatric patients for more than twenty years and I know what I 'm talking about . |
| 35 | I 've been ringing all morning but I could n't get any answer . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ I 've been ringing you for days . |
| 37 | I 've been ringing your number for hours . ’ |
| 38 | I 've been ringing off and on since lunchtime . ’ |
| 39 | I was worried sick when I saw it , and I 've been ringing your number on and off for the past hour . |
| 40 | I 've been ringing my family at regular intervals to see how things are going . ’ |
| 41 | I 've been ringing him since that come through half an hour ago . |
| 42 | I came here with full agreements in order to get this convoy to Cerska and so far I 've been blocked at every turn . ’ |
| 43 | ‘ My lord sheriff , reverend gentlemen , ’ said the earl , ‘ you come very aptly , if Robin has reported your errand rightly , for I confess I 've been tempted to lift the lid on whatever it is they 've brought me from Ullesthorpe . |
| 44 | You could , of course , reply , " Nonsense , there are no such things as magic spades " ( and I 've been tempted often enough ) ; but that would n't be very supportive , and there 's a good chance that the child who offers the spade is doing so in good faith . |
| 45 | ‘ I 've been sentenced to death . |
| 46 | I feel I 've been robbed , all along the line I feel I 've been robbed . |
| 47 | I feel I 've been robbed , all along the line I feel I 've been robbed . |
| 48 | Er , I 've been robbed and swindled , er I was burgled two months ago , my house was wrecked all my jewellery every thing taken simply because I had left my windows open slightly , now I 've got to sleep at night with all my windows closed and I do n't get a good nights sleep apart from feeling insecure any way and er the swindle er I trusted people and now I ca n't trust any body and that leaves you feeling very insecure . |
| 49 | So well actually I 've been robbed you got your own villas . |
| 50 | ‘ I 've been pissing blood all night , Tony . |
| 51 | I always seem to get them at dawn , it 's something to do with the stuffiness of this room after I 've been locked in it for a night . |
| 52 | ‘ I 've been holding them for your decision . ’ |
| 53 | He said , ‘ You were right , I 've been holding what happened to Tracy at arm 's length . |
| 54 | Look I 've been holding Richard . |
| 55 | Well I 've been holding it to save it . |
| 56 | I 've been holding back again this passion . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | if we do n't work on the strategy that I 've been suggesting |
| 60 | I know , well I 've been cooking . |