Present perfect continuous / 現在完了進行形

★I've been watching them all day.

(Harry Potter Ep1 / McGonagall)

→マクゴナガルがダンブルドアに「ダドリー一家を一日中見ていた」と伝える台詞。状態ではなく「動作」の継続を表すので現在完了進行形に。


★Yes… But ever since the war, I've felt like I've been missing something. And she's the only girl that gives me that sense of… I don't know what that means.

(Beauty and the Beast / Gaston)

→ベルについて、ガストンがルフーに話す場面。現在も進行中だというニュアンスを出すため進行形にしているのではないかと。

Up to You

So much of me is made of what I learned from you. -Wicked: For good