Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [been] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've just been brewing some coffee — I expect you 'd like a cup . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've just been given some great news . |
| 3 | All right I 've just been making some notes here . |
| 4 | I 've had some packed lunches which were perfect , but I 've also been sold some horrors . |
| 5 | I 've actually I 've actually been doing some arithmetic while you were talking |
| 6 | Promoted thereafter as a source of cheap and clean energy , neither of which has actually been realised some 40 years on , nuclear power is a source of considerable debate in the late 1980s because of its annihilation potential in the case of warfare and the problems that characterise waste disposal from nuclear power plants ( section 5.4.3 ) . |
| 7 | When she had finally been rescued some two hours later it was discovered that the hem of her frock had been chewed away . |
| 8 | He stated that it had only been made some fifteen to twenty years ago by , of all people , his uncle . |