Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [v-ing] [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd very much like to know , ’ he said , ‘ what Masklin has been doing these past few weeks … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Britain has been resisting much of this , but none too skilfully . |
| 4 | She did not go into details : that she found herself so physically revolted by the process that she had begun to retch , nor despite being warned that all new mothers had a fit of the blues after giving birth , she had been crying most of that day . |
| 5 | The shop had been standing empty for some time , and needed a great deal of work . |
| 6 | One family tea-time , when Auntie had been sitting silent for some time , she said : " It 's lucky there 's never anyone left in those offices at night . " |
| 7 | He had been feeling cold for some time . |
| 8 | Now obviously that requires a more precise working knowledge of newspapers and the other media , what they want , when and how they need it , what the sort of particular publication is , you 've been discussing some of that and we can perhaps go into some of that in , in a bit more detail a bit later on . |
| 9 | Yeah , and you 've been doing that for many many years , English |
| 10 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 11 | You 've been having some of that , yeah . |
| 12 | Of claims that the relationship was one of passionate intimacy , the brigadier said : ‘ They have been suggesting that for some time . |
| 13 | The French and the US National Science Foundation have been doing this for some time . ’ |
| 14 | No , she 's been getting enough of that . |
| 15 | Now , with accountants trying to find whether pension money was used to help Oxford out of their financial difficulties , he 's coming to terms with the possibility he 's been supporting United in more ways than one … |