Example sentences of "year i 've [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For three years I 've been biding my time , digging in at Deptford . |
| 2 | But it turned out to be an endless task and , as a result , for the last few years I 've been learning phrasings from all kinds of foreign instruments . |
| 3 | And in the last couple of years I 've been listening to music that 's going in the same direction , like The Beach Boys , for instance , but trying to keep it within a guitar format . |
| 4 | Well but I mean , Brian was saying himself you know he ca n't remember at least he 's says he 's been working down London when he has n't been earning a hundred pound a day you know , it 's something , we just accepted it , he said over the years I 've been earning a hundred pound a day he says , and that was it you know yo yo just do . |
| 5 | Erm erm and then he was going spare and he says these are the worst I 've ever received in all the years I 've been teaching , right ? |
| 6 | For thirty years I 've been trying to give an affirmative reply to that question . |
| 7 | You know I 've never hated you — though for years I 've been wishing that I could ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ In the seven years I 've been doing this , there 's never been anything like it . |
| 9 | For the last five years I 've been doing this series , for the last 12 months sharing it with Ed Douglas , and in all that time there 's been the rain . |
| 10 | It 's been a hectic schedule , because for the last 20 years I 've been playing about 300 gigs a year , including trips to the Northern Territories and the South West . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ All these years I 've been talking and telling , ’ he writes , ‘ and I 'm not sure if anybody listens or understands me . |
| 12 | ‘ Why should n't I , when for the past four years I 've been allowed to say nothing at all ? ’ |
| 13 | When asked about it , he replied in his much-imitated growl , ‘ Fifteen years I 've been coming up here and they have to go and put this lump of concrete in the middle of the road . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | So what I intend to do from this week is that very thing , try and fill in as it were and er make up for what was n't covered in the classes because I must admit that this year I 've been struck by the high st high standard of the class presentations . |
| 16 | In the past year I 've been invited by many of you to meet branch members and to make shop visits all over the United Kingdom . |
| 17 | Over the past year I 've been threatened and blackmailed by a gang of youths . |
| 18 | I 've been very happy with Oxford the last 6 year I 've been racing for them . |