Example sentences of "i [vb base] been [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , I 've been freelancing the last couple of years . ’ |
| 2 | I mean , I 've been analyzing every dream I can remember now for the last twenty one years and er I think I 've got rather good at dream interpretation I must admit . |
| 3 | Yes , yes , but erm , you know , I have had to say to the chaps , one of them came in and he said he 'd been spoiled down at the cedar and I said oh well , I , I 've been cooking a breakfast for Neil of course by the operation of sods law , Neil suddenly goes off the idea of having breakfast , so I find myself cooking breakfast for this other lump , who is as idol and selfish as anybody ever met in all the born days , and I said to him just recently , I said , I , I ca n't get up and do breakfast 's in the morning any more , well he says he come 's down and does he 's own , you see they can when they feel that they want too . |
| 4 | It 's dark , cold and pouring with rain as I leave the office of E. and B. Productions where I 've been discussing the pantomime orchestra with Paul , the company musical director . |
| 5 | I 've been scouring the papers , and there 's no mention . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been considering the problem this afternoon . |
| 7 | I 've been championing the suppliers ' cause for some time now and I really feel let down . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
| 9 | I 've been reading a deliciously illustrated pamphlet Allotments : a viewer 's guide , just published by the educational charity Broadcasting Support Services . |
| 10 | I 've been reading a copy of the above document and I must say I am very disturbed by its proposals , and disappointed at the negative attitude it conveys . |
| 11 | ‘ But I 've been reading an interview in Groundswell where Johnny Boy says that he 's misunderstood and really he 's got a heart of gold . ’ |
| 12 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 13 | Right , erm , what happens then , Philip , if the client says to you , and it 's unlikely with Covermaster , but it 's the same principle if you 're talking of a savings plan or a pension , erm , I do n't like the idea of my money being invested in a managed fund , I 've been reading the financial press , and I 'm very interested and excited at the thought of the Japanese market going up through the roof . |
| 14 | But recently I 've been thinking a lot about a person I see once a week at a club . |
| 15 | ‘ Miranda , I 've been thinking a lot about you . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been thinking a lot about it , ’ she said , moving the salt cellar in a pattern on the tablecloth , ‘ and I think — ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been thinking the same thing . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I 've been dating a wonderful chick for two years now but she 's just too frigid , sex is out of the question so one night I masturbated and pulled too hard on the sensitive part of my penis , now the tissues around the foreskin are swollen and septic but I 'm too distressed and embarrassed to see a doctor and my f girlfriend wants nothing to do with me , I find it hard to urinate what can I do ? |
| 20 | ‘ Since then I 've been training every day , and going on runs . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been monitoring the transmission from Moloch . ’ |
| 22 | And I 've been mowing the lawn . |
| 23 | ‘ Lately I 've been getting a hankering to play country music again , so I 've got together with a friend and put together a fun band called Modern Farmer . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been getting a lot of flak about fighting in Spain and I did n't want Anne to get any . |
| 25 | yes , yes , she 'll just have an or orange when I came out , she 's been , I 've been getting a few of those , it seems to help a bit |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been learning the ancient Japanese martial art of san tu dang for about 10 years now and that helps me keep my weight constant . |
| 27 | ‘ For nearly two months I 've been counting the days until I would see you again . |
| 28 | Said I 've been sorting the notes out , I 've put them in order back in , so that when he comes to the window all that the office staff got ta do is look through , like we was told to do |
| 29 | I 've been leaving the worst to last . |
| 30 | I could say that I 've been helping the police with their inquiries . |