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Discover LudwigThe phrase "I been missing" is not correct in standard written English.
It is a colloquial expression that may be used in informal spoken contexts, often to convey a sense of longing or absence. Example: "I been missing you since you left town."
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Mr. Brown opens his verse with an aggressive, unpublishable come-on — one that Rihanna uses in the song's original version — adding, "Been a long time, I been missing your body" and, later, "Give it to her in the worst way, can't wait to blow her candles out".
What had I been missing?
Had I been missing something?
"I been missing twenty years," said one grizzled man, "and no one come looking for me".
It can't be about complexity of flavour and succulence – or have I been missing something all these years?
But what had I been missing?
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I'm missing it!
"I'm missing my kids".
"I'm missing them terribly.
"I'm missing something now".
I was missing a beat.
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