Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new penicillin factory is almost finished and the Italians we 've been training to run it are due back from Canada any day now . |
| 2 | I 've been hoping to leave it erm and see what happens . |
| 3 | I 've been hoping to catch a glimpse of you . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been hoping to find the right opportunity for weeks . |
| 5 | I 've been I 've been intending to ask you actually about the about the women workers . |
| 6 | so he was dead annoyed with it , all week I 've been struggling to get him to bed |
| 7 | After a pause , Mungo said : ‘ I 've been wanting to ask you something . ’ |
| 8 | Believe me , I 've been wanting to ask you how you felt about us , trying not to … ’ |
| 9 | And I 've been wanting to ask if they got a record o' that at Pulham St Mary . |
| 10 | ‘ Rachel , I 've been wanting to ask you , did you ask Jennifer about going to Conway House ? ’ |
| 11 | I 've been wanting to ask you about Jonas . |
| 12 | Yeah I 've been wanting to ask you , what do you think of my little flat then ? |
| 13 | It was a bitter summary of their unhappy affair , but compunction ensued , because it was n't Luke 's fault that he could n't love her , even if he had no right to despise her , so she added neutrally , ‘ There 's a Chinese tea-house or tea-garden — I 'm not sure what it 's really called — not far from here that intrigues me , and I 've been wanting to go and find out what it 's all about ever since I first passed it . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been wanting to do it for years . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ So much , cara , I 've been wanting to do nothing else all week , and my self-control has been nearly crippling me … ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Something I 've been wanting to do for quite some time . |
| 17 | ‘ If you knew how much I 've been wanting to do this . ’ |
| 18 | And that 's what you 've been wanting to say all evening , Merrill thought : a nice , discreet ‘ keep off ’ instruction . |
| 19 | I 've been wanting to say this for a long time . ’ |
| 20 | yes , Casey there 's something I 've been wanting to say to you . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been wanting to speak to you about that business the other night ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been wanting to speak to you for some time , Jekyll , ’ said the lawyer , ‘ about your will . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You know you 've been wanting to meet someone of your own age . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been wanting to introduce you to Edward all evening . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been wanting to tell you for ages , but I could n't while you were so worried . |
| 27 | " I 've been wanting to tell you , Nenna , that I very much doubt whether you 're strong enough to undertake all the work you do on Grace . |
| 28 | I 've been wanting to get out . |
| 29 | ‘ You 've been trying to ease me out , Charles . |
| 30 | I 've been trying to decide whether I want to see you again — the point is , I could . |