Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] have [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessamy suddenly grew tired of the silly games that everyone seemed to have been playing with her lately . |
| 2 | Their clothes were an abrasive barrier between them , and her hands were as urgent as his as she peeled off the same black dress she seemed to have been wearing for the past century . |
| 3 | Deep inside she seemed to have been waiting like some long-ago damsel in distress , waiting for her knight to rescue her . |
| 4 | She claimed to have been shopping with a boyfriend at the time . |
| 5 | They seemed to have been stumbling through pitch blackness for hours now . |
| 6 | During the trial Mr O'Donnell told how he had agreed to go with McPherson , who had driven him to a lay-by at the Rest and Be Thankful on the A83 road , where men he recognised had been waiting in a van . |
| 7 | He seemed to have been moving for an immeasurable time . |
| 8 | He seemed to have been driving for ever . |
| 9 | Mr Recorder Shaun Spencer , QC , deferred sentence for six months on the man he said had been acting like an ‘ incorrigible swindler ’ . |