Example sentences of "i have [be] [v-ing] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't known until Sir Philip mentioned it at dinner last night that I 'd been thinking about marrying her . |
| 2 | I 'd been thinking about this all the way back to London . |
| 3 | Minny : one day when I 'd been gushing about her dress when she was going out to a dance . |
| 4 | I did n't know what to say , but I 'd been reading about mating in a book only a few days before , so I kept a perfectly straight face and replied . |
| 5 | Until very late the previous night I had been writing about Krakatoa and trials by Fire , and was deeply asleep when the cat woke me . |
| 6 | However , whilst searching through various books in my library , I chanced upon my copy of Folklore , Myths and Legends of Britain and wondered if there were anything mentioned about the Silbury Hill area that I had been writing about . |
| 7 | On the boat , I had been reading about the shooting of Fergal Caraher at the South Armagh checkpoint at Cullyhanna and now , in the darkness , as details of the story flooded back , I decided against pressing the buzzer . |
| 8 | I had been talking about it ever since our time out there . |
| 9 | I realised that I had been talking about the convent without explanation or location . |
| 10 | I 've been reading about you . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I 've been reading about these waves . ’ |
| 12 | I 've been reading about them . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been reading about it in the Veterinary Record and I 've cut out an article which deals with it . |
| 14 | But I 've been thinking about next week . |
| 15 | I 've been thinking about what you said , that it 's very rare for a woman to feel as I do . |
| 16 | I 've been thinking about Sophie . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been thinking about you . ’ |
| 18 | How odd , Alec thought , I 've been thinking about her all the time since I came here , trying to think of some way of seeing her again . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been thinking about you . ’ |
| 20 | Having said that , I do n't blame them because ‘ Ironfist ’ was n't the greatest album it could have been and ‘ Another Perfect Day ’ , well , I 've been thinking about that and I 'm sure it was n't just the album … ’ |
| 21 | I 've been thinking about humans a lot . ’ |
| 22 | I 've been thinking about doing something like that , ’ I said , more out of politeness than accuracy . |
| 23 | ‘ Listen , kiddo , I 've been thinking about this . |
| 24 | This year I 've been thinking about the many faces of the moon and the wonderfully romantic and lovely patterns you can achieve with the moon as your theme , whether it 's a slender crescent or full harvest , hunter 's or honey moon . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been thinking about it all the way back from your cottage and I believe I 've got just a tiny little bit of an idea . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You see , I 've been thinking about becoming a wrestler myself , ’ confesses Philip . |
| 27 | I 've been thinking about this , sir — well , I 've had nothing else to think about . |
| 28 | I 've been thinking about what you said to the Chief Rabbit . |
| 29 | ‘ Doctor , I 've been thinking about this planet . |
| 30 | I 've been thinking about it , and nothing better suggests itself . |