Example sentences of "[pron] have been [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm 63 and for the past six years I have been taking two tablets each day for myxoedema of the thyroid . |
| 2 | Darwinism destroys the presumption that a separate organism functions primarily to preserve itself ( as do simpler homeostatic systems which do not reproduce ) ; it shows me that even at the biological level my spontaneity only secondarily and partially serves myself , and invites the reflection that behaving consistently to my own advantage became conceivable only with the clarification of my viewpoint in contrast with others , which in turn implies that I have been assuming other viewpoints from the beginning of self-consciousness . |
| 3 | If they are lax they are realised as short vowels , if tense as diphthongs ( this category including what I have been calling long vowels ) . |
| 4 | I have been plotting all morning how to get you back again . |
| 5 | The period during which I have been writing this chapter has seen one of the worst staffing levels ever at the women 's flat . |
| 6 | Having just purchased a lovely thoroughbred mare , I have been considering various events I could take up . |
| 7 | I have been considering this matter for nearly two years , but my mind moves slowly ; I dislike publicity , and I had hoped that somebody else might lead the way . |
| 8 | I have been coaching black kids for more than 20 years . |
| 9 | So that answers all those years that I have been conducting these seminars , it answers my question not in the way I was particularly happy about I have to say , but I mean it did answer my question and then it may be them having you know I mean like sort of things I may not be particularly happy with , but maybe it is good that the papers are reflecting what the community wants . |
| 10 | Firstly , I have been buying this magazine on and off since the first time that Elite ( by Firebird ) was reviewed . |
| 11 | In an effort to make life more interesting for our younger members of staff and our graduate element , I have been inviting past students back to lecture on any aspect of their current work . |
| 12 | I have been using unleaded petrol in my Ninety 2.5 litre . |
| 13 | I might mention that I have been using these movements since the commencement of my business in 1983 , with outstanding performance both as to accuracy and reliability . |
| 14 | Since my wife was diagnosed with the illness , I have been researching alternative cures during which time I have come into contact with the ‘ Association stop au cancer ’ based at 29 Bd Gambetta , 73000 Chambery Cedex , France . |
| 15 | I have been growing small plots for some years , but have not yet solved the problem of threshing . |
| 16 | In this series I have been introducing twentieth-century martyrs to illustrate the points I have been making . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been doing one acquisition a month and I expect we will still do one acquisition a month , ’ Sadler said . |
| 18 | Michael O'Reilly , parish priest of the hosting church , Our Lady of Good Counsel , added , ‘ I have been doing directed retreats for about fifteen years — it was good to have one in the parish which could be shared with our Christian friends from the other churches in Seacroft . |
| 19 | I say that with some feeling because , in the three years , that I have been doing this job I have not heard so many well-qualified solicitors and barristers , people from the legal community and inquests and from pressure groups say that there are areas of deep concern . |
| 20 | I have been doing some work for a national charity recently and the director and one of the key office-bearers can not stand sight or sound of SARAH , which was a trifle awkward when she rang up once or twice ‘ wanting to pop in for a chat at your new office ’ . |
| 21 | I dare n't say about the future but I have been doing some stuff with girls teen magazines . |
| 22 | FOLLOWING the article by Warren Bagust on the raw deal David Gower has been given by the England selectors ( WCM Sept ) , I have been doing some research of my own on the relative merits of David Gower and Graham Gooch as batsmen and as captains of England . |
| 23 | I have been keeping tropical fish for some twenty years , but for the last two months I have been cursed with a problem which I can not solve . |
| 24 | I have been keeping tropical fish for around 20 years and in all that time I have always had not just one , but a number of aquaria . |
| 25 | I am fourteen years old and I have been keeping fancy Goldfish for about a year now . |
| 26 | I have been waiting each day to hear if you had decided to marry that idiot in England . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ No , I have a little flat of my own , although I have been spending more time than usual at the villa since the kidnapping . |
| 28 | I have been paying National Insurance and taxes for many years . |
| 29 | I have been performing many exercises to aid specific problems within my playing for some time now , which could be referred to as callisthenics . |
| 30 | Is the Minister aware that I have been asking this question , mostly of him , for the past 13 years and that that reply reflects how serious is youth unemployment in Scotland ? |