Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I was twelve years old I had been thinking for some time about getting a bird of my own . |
| 2 | One Canadian official told New Scientist that scientists from the US have been replaced by ‘ people with less relevant experience , and some who have been acting as political commissars ’ . |
| 3 | For some who have been caring for a dependent relative for many years the problems involved are only too familiar . |
| 4 | Jenny Pitman is another who has been waiting for the rain before releasing a very strong team . |
| 5 | One oil analyst described investor sentiment as a ‘ two-way pull between the Americans who are trying to be optimistic and the British who have been selling to them ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I mean , all this we 've been talking about . |
| 7 | Cos Lee , since this one 's been talking to him all the time |
| 8 | and we ’ ll be previewing the grand prix season in four weeks time … now next week the Oxford playhouse stages one of the sporting mismatches of the year … and cast in the unlikely role of trainer or coach is Alan Ayckbourn who after Shakespeare is the most performed playwrite of all time … the name of the game is a production about rowing called One Over the Eight which has been playing to packed houses in Scarborough |
| 9 | Since 1171 he had been negotiating with Count Humbert of Maurienne . |
| 10 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 11 | Eleven who had been working near the point of irruption had died in the torrent of stinking , clinging , liquid peat . |
| 12 | When I came to the Riding in 1960 I had been teaching in Leeds for five fairly empty years . |
| 13 | For example , in one CSE mode three which has been operating for about ten years , the course objectives are divided into content and process . |
| 14 | It was obvious they had been talking about him . |
| 15 | In fact , like the many German towns vying with one another in the Eighties , Nîmes decided on the building before it even had a collection to put into it , and since 1984 it has been buying in three areas with assistance from funds specially designated by the State for regional museums to collect contemporary works : French art from 1960 to 1990 , with the Nouveau Réalisme and Figuration Libre via the Support-Surface movement ; the Mediterranean scene , with art from southern France , Spain and Italy , with Arte Povera and the Transavanguardia , and represented by artists such as Jose Maria Sicilia , Miquel Barcelo , Susanna Solano , Janis Kounellis , Mario Merz , Giuseppe Penone and Enzo Cucchi ; a taste of English and German tendencies , with Richard Long , Hamish Fulton , Gerhard Richter , Imi Knoebel , Helmut Dorner and others . |
| 16 | The rational part of his mind knew this could not be the case , and that it was most likely he 'd been travelling in circles . |
| 17 | He told Husband he 'd have to consult with the rest of the private Office and maybe even the PM before he could agree to them interrogating you ; he may actually be doing that , for all I know , though I think it 's more likely he 's been waiting for his temper to cool before he briefs you . |
| 18 | And of course I do n't know how long do n't know how long that one 's been going for , but obviously that 's another sort of problem in some way . |
| 19 | Yeah , that 's a very old make you know , that one 's been going for donkey years , but it 's those colours , I mean there 's at least , well with the o |
| 20 | Er I think it 's also worth noting again chairman here that er in fact most of the hundred and forty five hectares that we 've been talking about er is in fact already committed |
| 21 | I went reinforced too by all I had been doing for myself and with the knowledge that I felt better than I had felt for some time and that that growth towards well being appeared to be increasing with each day . |
| 22 | Since the age of 5 I have been going to Highfield , my sister was 6 and my brother was 8 . |
| 23 | Rather desperately , Celia steered the conversation round to her and Brian 's new house in the country , how Alison and Geoffrey must come and stay , that they would be less than fifty miles apart ; while Alison , obviously thankful to turn to less delicate matters , regaled her with a description of all she had been doing in her garden and some rather dull anecdotes about the neighbours whom Celia and Brian had met on their last visit . |
| 24 | Unless she is very lucky , she will be the one who will be expected to provide the stimulation , for her elderly parent may have been alone since breakfast-time , and will be waiting to be ‘ cheered up ’ by stories of all she has been doing during the day . |
| 25 | ‘ After all we 've been talking about ? |
| 26 | All we 've been talking about . |
| 27 | Since Billy 's come around that 's all we 've been talking about . |
| 28 | In Chapters 3 and 4 we have been looking at the major groups of institutions that participate in the financial system . |
| 29 | Since 1964 it has been working with people of all ages and varying needs . |
| 30 | For a moment she thought he was going to throw his arms round her and hug her , she was sure he had been thinking of it , but he hesitated and she turned away . |