Example sentences of "[Wh det] i 've [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a sad time for me , but this is something for which I 've been trying to prepare myself for some time , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Michael Herr says , ‘ I had an absolute raving love affair with the war , but my other love affair was with America , not with Indo-China ; it was with American energy , which I 've been criticised for , but that 's how it happened ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Because if you force me to leave , what would I do about my wretched EC forms on milk yield with which I 've been wrestling ? |
| 4 | I raised with David Ingram at my JAR a matter which I 've been mulling over for a while , arising from my role as Welfare Officer . |
| 5 | In the four Ryder Cups in which I 've been the Captain Seve has played in every round and I 'm grateful to him for that . |
| 6 | It 's the first occasion in fact on which I 've been permitted to speak at any meeting dealing with this application . |
| 7 | The thing that , you see I was going to send off for a pair of gloves cos I ca n't find my thermal , but when I looked on and saw all the bits and bobs of paper that come , there was n't erm , little slip you get with a pound off , for postage and packing , which I 've been getting recently have n't you ? for erm |
| 8 | But I think I would be giving you the wrong impression if I suggested that most of the evaluation studies with which I 've been concerned have involved this kind of conclusion , or this kind of result . |
| 9 | Well the position which I 've been told by my company directors is that we are still trading , er a er an administration order has been taken out and we are continually , continuing to trade and er that er rules . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's what I 've been called , ’ she agrees : ‘ ambassador for the chimps . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ No one knows what I 've been through in the last 12 months , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Do n't you understand what I 've been trying to tell you ? |
| 13 | ‘ It 's what I 've been afraid of . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Not after what I 've been through . ’ |
| 15 | I KNOW — THAT 'S WHAT I 'VE BEEN TELLING MYSELF , BUT IT 'S NO GOOD . |
| 16 | What I 've been doing is changing the bottom three one day and then the high ones the next ; I never change them all at once because , even though you stretch them in , it still seems the bridge gets unstable . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ So what I 've been doing today is working on the low B strings in conjunction with our latest invention , which is a device that uses a load cell to monitor the tension of the wrap wire as it 's going on the string . |
| 18 | ‘ What I 've been using for about the last five years are Seymour Duncan amps . |
| 19 | ‘ I have a Korg M1R and a Korg Wave Station , and that 's what I 've been writing with . |
| 20 | ‘ What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components . |
| 21 | It 's what I 've been told to say . ’ |
| 22 | Demelza , five , of Oakworth , West Yorks , said : ‘ She 's just what I 've been looking for . |
| 23 | Then , with the massive illogic he was sometimes capable of , Leo said in a quieter voice : ‘ That 's what I 've been trying to say . |
| 24 | ‘ What I 'm saying , Vitali — what I 've been driving at in my own bluff way — is that I would very much appreciate , that 's to say , well … ’ |
| 25 | Well as you waved your hand through the air I saw that ring there you see and I thought … ah I know what I 've been meaning to ask her for ages . |
| 26 | I would think that 30 to 40 per cent of my time is spent on what I 've been trained for . |
| 27 | That 's what I 've been doing six days a week for the last four or five weeks . |
| 28 | What I 've been trying to do on the meantime is to improve the whole budgeting system . |
| 29 | That 's what I 've been telling myself all these years , but sense does n't come into it , ca n't change how you feel . |
| 30 | I 'm not offending you by what I 've been saying ? ’ |