Example sentences of "[v-ing] i have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ O Lord , ’ he prayed earnestly , ‘ I know how wicked , how unworthy , how evil and wanting I have been and am and will be for ever . |
| 2 | After seeing the picture of Scafell Massif taken in evening sunshine from the summit of Yewbarrow , I could n't help wishing I 'd been there . |
| 3 | I was in the last category , I reckoned , which did n't stop me wishing I 'd been born into the first . |
| 4 | He thanked me too , saying I 'd been very fair and was paying him royally , but then he added , in that high-pitched voice of his : ‘ One thing though . |
| 5 | Accused of being insolent , the private may say : ‘ No I was n't , sergeant , I was just saying I 'd been cleaning my boots . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah he 's a very you know it 's funny I know it 's the worst time to do a phone in actually because people are doing other oh I 've got me foot caught in the whatsit but erm I thought I thought we 'd get loads of people on saying I 'd been very rude saying that this was er er er nation of animal haters and abusers . |
| 7 | No I 've been doing I 've been doing |
| 8 | Ooh I ca n't stop yawning I 've been going into work a bit earlier lately |
| 9 | But I did n't want anyone thinking I had been unfaithful to Alan . ’ |
| 10 | Gwen will be thinking I 've been put in a dungeon . |
| 11 | Because if they do n't know about it the mother or the father of that child will no doubt be coming along screaming I 've been getting twenty five pounds a week for the last ten years and I 've child on my own now . |