Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pron] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your patience is appreciated and we apologise if we have been overpaying you . |
| 2 | Well it 's , it looks like it 's been cooking . |
| 3 | Women like the fact that he looks like he 's been rolling around in hay . |
| 4 | OOH-ER , looks like someone 's been trying a spot of stunt driving that led to a Mini being made even mini-er against a thick brick wall . |
| 5 | She did n't know if they had been driving for minutes or days . |
| 6 | The problem with my files would have been solved if I had been using an IBM machine — but they were way beyond my price range when I bought my first computer . |
| 7 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 8 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 9 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 10 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 11 | The anger in Luke 's face had deepened while she had been speaking . |
| 12 | More than one unwary member of the garrison found that his bed had vanished while he had been defending the rampart against a sepoy assault . |
| 13 | So I do n't know whether they 'd been sending them away , to be er as patterns to some other firm or what , but there was quite a quant there was er a quantity of of casting sand you know black stuff that you use . |
| 14 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 15 | I 'll tell you what it is — it 's only bogland and I should know for I 've been lookin' at them fields for years . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 17 | You think you 're exhausted after a days work imagine if you 've been doing that all day long , shouting |
| 18 | Just imagine if he 'd been sitting there with his legs dangling outside . |
| 19 | I 'd have noticed if it had been missing . |
| 20 | He was so starry-eyed when he finally made it bedwards with true love Michelle Pfeiffer , he would n't have noticed if she 'd been wearing Dr Martens . |
| 21 | 1.11 In Roberts v Sparks [ 1977 ] CLY 2643 , where the plaintiff was thrown out of the defendant 's vehicle , the court reduced his damages by 25 per cent because the injuries he suffered would clearly have been avoided by wearing a seat belt ; but it added back 5 per cent for the injuries he would have suffered if he had been wearing a seat belt . |
| 22 | How would you feel if you 'd been paying this money for ten years and then you lived , you lived after than , and you got nothing for it basically . |
| 23 | At least I could have moved if I had been standing . |
| 24 | Would the ship 's company have been saved if he had been singing a hit from the music-halls ? |
| 25 | I said er I I imagine cos I 've been visiting his wife you see . |
| 26 | Heaven knew , it had been difficult enough to remain even slightly detached when they had been putting on an act for the benefit of an audience . |
| 27 | Students who are entitled to transitional relief will receive ⅕ of the relief they would have received if they had been paying the full community charge . |
| 28 | ‘ It would appear that this Adamantios Andropulos , who is Hawkins 's temporary guest-I could well imagine that Admiral Hawkins would use the term ‘ guest ’ even if this unfortunate were clapped in irons in some shipboard dungeon — has an account with a Washington bank , name and address supplied , of some eighteen million dollars , and would we kindly make enquiries to see if he has been disbursing any of this of late and , if so , in what direction . |
| 29 | Thus , if we know of an author who wrote a very good book or article a few years ago on our chosen topic we can look up his name to see if anyone has been citing that article recently . |
| 30 | We asked if she had been shopping , and she said no , she had been to friends borrowing . |