Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] have [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the men did n't know they 'd been out exercising . |
| 2 | From what Silver has said they have been constantly upping their offer . |
| 3 | From what Silver has said they have been constantly upping their offer . |
| 4 | It was only then , when her heart leaped alarmingly and her pulse quickened in immediate response , that she realised she 'd been half expecting he would n't keep the date . |
| 5 | Yeah , you know why do n't you because that side bits down the back , he probably thinks you 've been bloody fiddling with it . |
| 6 | ‘ Two days before the accident happened she had been out shopping with a member of staff and had returned unescorted . |
| 7 | In fact , ever since she 'd arrived she 'd been constantly battling , without really being a hundred per cent sure what she was battling against . |
| 8 | In therapy he was helped to recall what had been so bothering to him and illogically connected . |
| 9 | Jones and a group of friends , hunting the culprits , went to Mr Penrose 's home after hearing he had been allegedly giving cash for stolen goods , Cardiff Crown Court was told . |
| 10 | She said I 've been really looking forward to it June . |
| 11 | I must say I 've been seriously wondering , during this lecture , whether I was going to have the courage or not , to attempt to give you a thumbnail exposition of Hegelian metaphysics . |