Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would soon realise he had been acting stupidly and feel sorry for his bad temper . |
| 2 | Marc had already admitted he had been leading her on to see what she would do . |
| 3 | So I should n't think he 's been driving for some time and |
| 4 | I do n't believe he 's been carrying a huge old-fashioned thing like that around ever since he left . |
| 5 | ‘ Mind you , ’ he said , ‘ Mr Shildon did n't say he 'd been searching your property or that he ever believed you had his keys . |
| 6 | He was irritated by a piece of smut on her cheek and started to wipe it off , and then pretended he had been stroking her , because he saw her distress at an emotion that she had guessed with her usual impossible correctness . |