Example sentences of "i 've be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I forget that I 've been joking with her then she tells me off so I do n't bother any more . |
| 2 | I 've been searching for news of you all over Chelsea , Eaton Square , Cadogan Gardens … not a sign of your people anywhere . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been searching for ages . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As for The Roches , we 've been big , big fans of theirs since way back — I 've been listening to them since I was about 13 . |
| 6 | I 've been listening to that a lot . |
| 7 | I 've been listening to you ringing the bell . " |
| 8 | That huge estate in Scotland — ; I 've been listening to Mamma and Mrs Talbot with half an ear , you never know what you might miss — and you do n't hunt . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been listening to your programme all morning so . |
| 10 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
| 11 | I 've been cooking for 7 years now , including my school , my cookery school . |
| 12 | I 'll tell you what it is — it 's only bogland and I should know for I 've been lookin' at them fields for years . ’ |
| 13 | And this ’ — he spread an arm out — ‘ is the amateur group I 've been supporting over the past years . ’ |
| 14 | It 's just what I 've been hoping for ! |
| 15 | I 've been hoping against hope you two would get together ! ’ |
| 16 | I 've been staying with Aunt Alicia for the past six months … |
| 17 | I 've been staying with Rose , Drew 's mother , since we heard about the crash . |
| 18 | I 've been staying at her place for some weeks now , in order to help her maintain the tight control on her blood sugar that 's so vital , especially in the first three months , but that 's becoming impractical . |
| 19 | Just as well I 've been staying out the way . |
| 20 | I 've had a great deal of fun reviewing Animation Works Interactive , so much so that I 've been staying in the office well past my normal time just to play with it . |
| 21 | " I 've been proving to Graham I really did have some wine and it smashed . " |
| 22 | Well then about a month later he said he rung June and said I 've been speaking to Geoff he said and th they wan na hi er hire a car for a week . |
| 23 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 24 | The sort of prices which people charged and I 've been speaking with Jack only this morning , the sort of prices people charged , started way , way , way down , and then went way , way , way up . |
| 25 | I 've been trying to be a footballer , and that is n't me . |
| 26 | I 've got a trainee manager at the moment and I 've been trying to he 's just making such a balls up it 's easier not to . |
| 27 | I 've been trying to . |
| 28 | For twelve months , I 've been trying to er , when I realised that that was put on my cleaning bill , it seemed to be so unfair that the little ol and the lady who , up till now has has cleaned for me , because the home help service , no longer just does cleaning . |
| 29 | So I 've been trying , I 've been trying to sort of , I I was arguing saying , I do n't think that 's true . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been trying for forty years and the margin of error 's still about eighty per cent . ’ |