Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] [prep] that [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Margaret has been teaching in that particular home for five years . |
2 | What could he have been doing in that little field but reconnoitring the back premises of the house at the far end — even breaking in , there had been burglaries lately . |
3 | She knew he was waiting for her to agree , and it was desperation , pure and simple , she thought , that made her remember the elegant blonde he had been dining with that particular night . |
4 | It was a cold day and I had been standing in that particular spot for half an hour , so I was glad to get into the car , which was driven by a smart-looking man in a tweed cap . |
5 | We have found the leaks , and we have connected all , we have reconnected all of the er supplies , including a supply to the cathedral field , which has never been billed in the past er because of erm damage to their meter , it 's only used twenty seven gallons but twenty seven litres , but whilst I 've been here , it 's a water meadow from the result of the water that we 've been supplying to that particular field . |
6 | Same goes for about half the words I 've been learning from that little minx . |
7 | ‘ You 've been sitting in that damned cottage for nigh on a year and you 've become a coward . |
8 | he says I 've been talking to that wee feller and he was talking about the pub which got . |
9 | I 've been waiting for that featherbrained bird to buzz off , ’ said the frog . |