Example sentences of "[adj] what [pers pn] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , when Dennis offered him exactly half what he had been making , Lauda thought he 'd had a touch of sun . |
| 2 | Is this what we have been waiting for all these years , the answer that has so far eluded us ? |
| 3 | Is n't this what you 've been angling for ever since we crashed ? |
| 4 | She should have felt relief — was n't this what she 'd been longing to hear ? |
| 5 | ‘ I must confess , the news it contained was not at all what I had been expecting . |
| 6 | I feel badly let down by Penguin because this was more or less what I had been trying to persuade them all along would happen . |
| 7 | It 's fascinating and deals with attitude and mind control , using a technique called ‘ visualisation ’ which is more or less what I have been doing with my Knights . |
| 8 | Oh he 's pleased what he 's been doing that |
| 9 | Is that a nice way of saying that there 's going to be a lot of fighting , is that what they 've been planning ? |
| 10 | ‘ Is that what I 've been doing ? ’ |
| 11 | Is that what he has been seeking to negotiate in the references that he made to the limitations on deficits ? |