Example sentences of "[adv] i 've been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 3 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 4 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 5 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 6 | 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' ? |
| 7 | yes well I 've been thinking about it , what you want is a |
| 8 | Just as well I 've been staying out the way . |
| 9 | Right , well I 've been waiting since er what is it twelve o'clock this morning , what on earth this question can be and I certainly did n't er come up with this possible , erm all I can say is that I have always got on extremely well with Tony and . |
| 10 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 11 | ‘ No , but then I 've been thinking about the amniocentesis . |
| 12 | I spent three months in the Canaries , and since then I 've been travelling between England and Ireland . |
| 13 | Just as well so late I 've been waiting for to come . |
| 14 | She said , ‘ I 've been trying to think about Wayne , but instead I 've been thinking about myself . |
| 15 | ‘ Angel , ’ she said , ‘ do you know why I 've been running after you ? |
| 16 | I 'm a geologist — that bit was true — and until recently I 've been working in Sydney . |
| 17 | Yeah and and the other thing which I , actually I 've been laughing at here is because you were laughing at yourself when you were asking the questions . |