Example sentences of "i have [adv] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Funny I 'd just been saying that , just been reading a book allegedly written by erm Uri Geller , you know the |
| 2 | I 'd just been making a documentary about real heroes and I was n't in any mood to put up with actors who were only heroic on screen . |
| 3 | I took it for granted I 'd just been lying there since I went out , and whoever had jumped me had made off and left me there . |
| 4 | The divi was very important which is why I , as a Guild 's woman erm through I suppose the memories of mother , was so adamant in against the dividend stamps because to us , that woman who I 'd just been talking about , Councillor Mrs always , I 'm sure no one would mind me saying it , but she always used to tell us that it was her thrift and she saved and they brought their house through this , the Co-op you see . |
| 5 | I 'd just been talking to the guard , twelve hour shifts , sixty hours a week and he ca n't even have any time off for tea breaks or meal breaks . |
| 6 | I 'd rather been hoping Lewis or Verity might have asked me what the file contained by now , and what I was doing , but — annoyingly — neither of them had . |
| 7 | I 'd best be sending out letters to see how my credit stands at home . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Now really , I 'd best be getting back . |
| 9 | ‘ Nay , I 'd best be getting back . ’ |
| 10 | Well there , I 'd best be getting Miss Maynard 's tray ready . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've only one more thing to say , Bella , and then I 'd best be cutting along . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd best be going , ’ I said . |
| 13 | I 'd best be going Pete . |
| 14 | Then I 'd best be going . ’ |
| 15 | I 'd probably been teaching for about four years before I began to have that confidence . |
| 16 | Because , you know , I 'd never been skiing before , so I went out all togged up , with like , my tights sort of , like , you know , thermal tights and you know , pair of track suits , sort of bottoms , plus plastic overtop and then I had like , sort of thermal top on , plus the that 's a sort of like , T-shirt , plus the polo-neck plus a jumper , plus a sort of like erm , a sort of sheepskin waistcoat and , and jacket and then this plastic thing over the top . |
| 17 | And when you were in suitably softened mood I was going to tell you how this time I 'd found what I 'd really been looking for all my life . ’ |
| 18 | It was Amy who said : ‘ Look , I 'd better be getting back . |
| 19 | Well , I 'd better be getting down to the bus … |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd better be getting back or the foreman will be giving me the sack . ’ |
| 21 | As soon as his hands were free , Huw ducked away , retrieving a shirt and jersey that had been flung down on a pile of beer-crates , saying over his shoulder : ‘ Look , I 'd better be pushing off . |
| 22 | I 'd better be moving |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd better be going , ’ she said . |
| 24 | Liese said , ‘ I 'd better be going now . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd better be going , ’ said Kelly warily , standing up herself and backing away from the trainer . |
| 26 | ‘ I suppose I 'd better be going then . ’ |
| 27 | Because if not I think I 'd better be going . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd better be going . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd better be going , ’ said Melissa . |
| 30 | ‘ Ee — well , it 's getting near my time for going home , I think I 'd better be making a move … ’ |