Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have been singing for his lordship of Leicester . |
| 2 | My searches this month have followed exactly the same lines as those of last month ; that is to say , I have been venturing into areas possessing no known or recorded activity . |
| 3 | My doubts have grown during the years I have been thinking about and then writing this book , but for the moment I will concede that for many scholars and teachers a clarion-call to defend ‘ literature as literature ’ would prove rousing and timely . |
| 4 | Wilkinson admitted : ‘ I am keeping all my options open and I have been thinking about whether I should play Rocastle . |
| 5 | I have been thinking about my nearly twenty years friendship with him and especially what it was that he gave me in terms of belief and understanding of the job . |
| 6 | I keep rehearsing that low brace that I have been thinking about ever since we set a date for our attempt . |
| 7 | I have been thinking about that riddle . |
| 8 | Message : I have been thinking about your suggestion that we do not charge for ABI when we re-launch on 21st July . |
| 9 | ‘ But I have been thinking about taking a course , ’ she said . |
| 10 | Later I have been thinking over what Dad said . |
| 11 | For some years I have been thinking of buying a word processor but have not yet taken the plunge . |
| 12 | I really do think that there is a degree of inconsistency in compelling a Gothic architect to erect a classical building — and so I have been thinking of appointing you a coadjutor , who would in fact make the design ! |
| 13 | For some time I have been thinking of increasing it to £50pa but have n't got to the bank with this weather . |
| 14 | I found your motherboard upgrade article most interesting as I have been thinking of upgrading my XT , but I had not bargained for changing the keyboard as I have a 102 key board ( no XT/AT switch ) . |
| 15 | And John and I have been thinking of the worst possible situation that they could have . |
| 16 | On several occasions I have been chatting with someone who relies on speechreading , and suddenly all the lights have gone out , cutting us off completely . |
| 17 | Like Mr Nicholson , I have been commuting for more than ten years from Fife , but hardly ever by car , which I find is too nerve-wracking and frustrating an experience and almost as bad as commuting by bus . |
| 18 | ‘ I have been saving for a while now , ’ Yanto began , ‘ and by tonight I shall have a hundred and fifty . |
| 19 | For what it is worth , I have been saving in this way for years myself . |
| 20 | I have been communicating with the Minister since 1988 on that problem . |
| 21 | I feel as if I have been wandering through this forest for an eternity , and it is some days since I have found anything to eat . |
| 22 | As a non-disabled worker , or ‘ professional ’ , I have been learning about releasing control of the work . |
| 23 | ‘ I have been learning about life , ’ she replied . |
| 24 | I am 23 and for the past three years I have been piling on the pounds without realising it until I finally took a good look at myself weighing in at 12st 3lbs ( 77.5kg ) at 5ft 4ins ( 1.6m ) . |
| 25 | ‘ It will be a relief to have it out in the open and it will stop all the questions I have been getting about my future , ’ said the 21year-old Nottingham Forest player . |
| 26 | For a number of years , my wife Ann and I have been fishing with a party of friends at Altnaharra . |
| 27 | If I have been fishing to the north of Fetlar , I sometimes take the ‘ inner route ’ back , a rather tortuous passage through the reefs and islets where navigation has to be pretty precise to avoid hitting hidden rocks . |
| 28 | The woman , who is married and lives in Formby , Sefton , said : ‘ I have been trying for a child for 19 years . |
| 29 | Q I have been trying with little success to get hold of a list of camping barn and bunkhouse type accommodations . |
| 30 | Since 1964 , when I first worked ( and lived ) in the region , what I have been seeing in babies and young children is starvation : a host of children of one and two years who can not sit up unaided , who do not or can not speak , whose skin is stretched so tightly over the chest and stomach that every curve of the breastbone and ribs stands out . |