Example sentences of "what i have [be] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd been dreaming , that 's what I 'd been doing .
2 During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus .
3 ‘ That 's just what I 'd been thinking ! ’ answered Gabriel in surprise .
4 The actual experience was n't frightening me so much as what I 'd been told .
5 Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot
6 so it was totally different work from what I 'd been used to .
7 I feel that it was actually so quick — not at all what I 'd been led to expect from antenatal classes — that I could n't savour the birth or get used to the idea .
8 I do n't know what I 'd been expecting .
9 ‘ No , you came here wanting to know what I 'd been saying to Mr Kronweiser today . ’
10 I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth .
11 ‘ Knowing what I 'd been through ?
12 Oh , that 's what I 'd been thinking , fifty percent of what they want .
13 But this is so different to what I 'd been doing as it is for most people .
14 ‘ That 's what I 've been called , ’ she agrees : ‘ ambassador for the chimps . ’
15 ‘ No one knows what I 've been through in the last 12 months , ’ he said .
16 Do n't you understand what I 've been trying to tell you ?
17 ‘ It 's what I 've been afraid of . ’
18 ‘ Not after what I 've been through . ’
19 I KNOW — THAT 'S WHAT I 'VE BEEN TELLING MYSELF , BUT IT 'S NO GOOD .
20 What I 've been doing is changing the bottom three one day and then the high ones the next ; I never change them all at once because , even though you stretch them in , it still seems the bridge gets unstable . ’
21 ‘ So what I 've been doing today is working on the low B strings in conjunction with our latest invention , which is a device that uses a load cell to monitor the tension of the wrap wire as it 's going on the string .
22 What I 've been using for about the last five years are Seymour Duncan amps .
23 ‘ I have a Korg M1R and a Korg Wave Station , and that 's what I 've been writing with .
24 What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components .
25 It 's what I 've been told to say . ’
26 Demelza , five , of Oakworth , West Yorks , said : ‘ She 's just what I 've been looking for .
27 Then , with the massive illogic he was sometimes capable of , Leo said in a quieter voice : ‘ That 's what I 've been trying to say .
28 ‘ What I 'm saying , Vitali — what I 've been driving at in my own bluff way — is that I would very much appreciate , that 's to say , well … ’
29 Well as you waved your hand through the air I saw that ring there you see and I thought … ah I know what I 've been meaning to ask her for ages .
30 I would think that 30 to 40 per cent of my time is spent on what I 've been trained for .
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