Example sentences of "[pron] have been [v-ing] to [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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' ? |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | For some time it seems I 've been talking to myself . |
| 4 | I do n't know what you 've been doing to yourself , girl . |
| 5 | Topknot , who had been muttering to himself , stood up suddenly and spoke very sharply at great length , with a lot of pointing to the ground and to the sky . |
| 6 | And he was glad to have an excuse to put off telling her the news that he 'd been keeping to himself . |
| 7 | On their wedding night he was drunk , and she was affectionate and clinging , and it was as hopeless as he had been predicting to himself . |