Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expenses cashier Fiona Smith has been collecting the small change when people have returned from overseas business trips and holidays over the last six months . |
| 2 | She has been taking a small holiday . |
| 3 | He might well have been working a small place on his own behalf . |
| 4 | I was sure she had been holding a small phial with the letters ‘ SUL ’ written on it . |
| 5 | If Patrick had been expecting the small man to head up Grafton Street , then he was disappointed ; the guide continued on past the bottom of the crowded street , passing Yeates & Son , the opticians with the giant spectacle frame hanging outside the shop , heading into Nassau Street and then he turned right into Dawson Street . |
| 6 | It had been pulling the small cart through backstreets for years now and seemed to know instinctively that it would probably be required to stop at any moment , so there was no point in hurrying . |
| 7 | He had been carrying a small bag , which he dumped on the table , and she looked at it in disbelief . |
| 8 | FOR over two years now Technology Branch Services ( now part of the Customer Service Management team ) have been surveying a small number of branches each month to get input from staff on their perception of the levels of service on the 4700 Back Office system . |