Example sentences of "have been coming [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harold Lock has been coming to the pool since he was a child and says it would be a crime to close it down . |
| 2 | The patient 's name was Wayne Benfield and he 'd been coming into the centre for daily dressings to an injured ankle . |
| 3 | I 'd have seen it if I 'd been coming down the stairs instead of in the lift . |
| 4 | A Royal Ulster Constabulary spokesman said : ‘ Although he may have been coming to the end of his racing career , he was potentially valuable for stud purposes . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I think it must have been coming from the cold of the church into the warmth , or , perhaps — ’ and she made a wan attempt at humour — ‘ it might have been the thought of attending the ladies ’ sewing circle which overcame me ! ’ |
| 6 | I remember one bloke who was part of a working class West London crowd that had been coming into the shop since the early days . |
| 7 | Margo Hawes , of Horsforth , said she had been coming to the ballet for years . |
| 8 | Business had been good in the few weeks she had been in charge , but she was astute enough to realise that many of the customers had been coming to the club simply to see her . |
| 9 | The elder of the two had been coming to the house for nigh on fifteen years . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been coming to the show every week , ’ he explained . |
| 11 | Throughout this chapter we have been coming across the coffins of nobles , all of which had repoussé coronets about the grip-plates and three-dimensional gilt copper versions — usually with gilt wooden baubles and remnants of the cap — sitting on the lid . |
| 12 | it 's been going around and around here for the last four days er I bet it 's been coming round the block up this street about eight to ten times a day , I du n no what 's it doing , the up here |