Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] and have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He mumbled that he was still in a state of shock and had been walking around in a dream all day . |
| 2 | ‘ What I suspect is that someone has deliberately caused delays in delivery of leather and has been undercutting your father 's prices . ’ |
| 3 | Regularly , at least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 4 | Regularly , a least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 5 | In brief , the four regions of the South have been absorbing all the ( admittedly rather limited ) national increase in population and have been pulling in people from the rest of Britain . |
| 6 | After her husband 's departure , Margaret had been feeling very miserable and frustrated , was having difficulty concentrating at work and had been avoiding her usual social contacts . |