Example sentences of "i [verb] be [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But of course , th , I 'd been living at The Haven then , next to the butcher 's shop . |
| 2 | ‘ Before I burst through that door , I 'd been listening at the window — I distinctly recall that he was refusing to say anything really damning . |
| 3 | I remember being amazed at the size of the placenta , which resembled a football and the lack of discomfort which accompanied its arrival . |
| 4 | What I love is looking at the designs and helping choose the fabrics — and working out how much to charge ! ’ |
| 5 | When I had first heard of my appointment to Stornoway I had been elated at the prospect of leaving a somewhat dull routine existence down south . |
| 6 | ‘ I had been looking at the world ratings and the draw certainly is n't what I had expected , ’ said Gregg . |
| 7 | I had been sitting at the table housed in the living room bay window , trying to write a paper for a tutorial the next day , but Gavin and Janice had chosen to punctuate their highly audible coupling sessions ( in what the more tenacious core-areas of my long-term memory still sporadically insisted had once been my bedroom ) with an almost equally noisy episode of tortilla chip eating . |
| 8 | Over the last few months I 've been looking at the different types of files you 'll find on a PC — here 's a quick recap to refresh your memory . |
| 9 | To be fair , I did n't , I did say we 're talking about parenting and one one could do another programme perhaps , focusing on the child or the needs and rights of the child in specific , but I think I 've been looking at the almost the scariness , I suppose , of being a parent , the challenges facing parents and the whole half hour , really , has not been about the joys of parenthood , so much as the problems of parenthood ! |
| 10 | " I 've been looking at the cat in your window . " |
| 11 | I 've been looking at the knives again . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been looking at the basin where the sewage tank used to be . ’ |
| 13 | IN view of all the talk about a resumption of political talks , I 've been looking at the last word of the Ulster Unionists on the subject , delivered just before the plug was pulled last October . |
| 14 | I did n't see it , I 've been working at the office . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been working at the restaurant for three years and I like it there . |
| 16 | I 've been playing at the classes for around 40 years . |
| 17 | AS a third part of a nanny share I have been looking at the law and the availability of Liability Insurance . |
| 18 | I have been looking at the following : two very ‘ liquid ’ liquid acrylics are Winsor & Newton Designer 's Liquid Acrylic Colours and the new ACP ArtistColour Professional by Rotring . |
| 19 | I have been looking at the Opposition amendment . |
| 20 | I have been looking at the Labour party document for health in Scotland , ’ A |
| 21 | I have been looking at the wares offered at spring seminars by the Folger Institute , a consortium of 29 universities , with Yale and Princeton in , but Harvard out . |
| 22 | I have been working at the playgroup in Middleton St George for about seven years now , and I 've been the leader for about two . |