Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first thing I learnt more or less was thkarni which means — well she said it meant — this white stork we 've been seeing a lot of . |
| 2 | The girl had been seeing a lot of another young man , an estate agent called Jose , and that association continued after the marriage — long after ! |
| 3 | Somebody 's been eating a lot of those have n't they ? |
| 4 | I said somebody 's been eating a lot of those . |
| 5 | Well I I think er it 's it 's quite hard to talk about it but er cer I th I think people were grieved that the bonus system that had been going since the quarry was started up again by 's father was gon na be scrapped with really no consultation with the workers if you like , and I think everybody thought that you know we 'd been producing a lot of slate and been paid well for it previously and he should leave well alone . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been driving a lot . ’ |
| 7 | And they say yes we will , our business teach teacher told us about that you see because it 's been happening a lot , cos Marks and Spencers do n't ask for a receipt you see , it actually happened , they used to take things from upstairs , bring them downstairs and said they bought it and got the money for it . |
| 8 | I picked one of them up and was struck to the heart , for it was obvious that he had been writing a lot of poetry , all of it , so it seemed to me , very good . |
| 9 | 2.35 : Public works section arrive to repair a fence which has been causing a lot of problems . |
| 10 | I know they 've been pulling a lot out |
| 11 | Yeah erm she put , she said Gateway 's th they 've been selling a lot and there is none in Lynn . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been getting a lot of flak about fighting in Spain and I did n't want Anne to get any . |
| 13 | I had been getting a lot of this . |
| 14 | In recent months , I 've been having a lot of fun using a similar ‘ biological ’ approach to crack a certain type of code . |
| 15 | Aye , we we 've been having a lot of trouble with the people next door , and er |
| 16 | I hope your new proposals will work towards better rail-cycle facilities , as we have been having a lot of problems with Scotrail about the carriage of bikes . |
| 17 | Overstrain had brought on tuberculosis in 1939 and I had been having a lot of trouble with my eyes . |
| 18 | Maybe she 'd been doing a lot of thinking . |
| 19 | ‘ As far as actually ‘ working out ’ is concerned , I 've been doing a lot this year , but not since rehearsals began because it 's just been so crazed . |
| 20 | The Open Software Foundation is trying to figure out how to import object orientation into its Distributed Computing Environment , but is having trouble getting a handle on it , although part of its problem is thought to be attitudinal : it desperately needs an architectural and communications model and has been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk . |
| 21 | It 's been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk . |
| 22 | The UK , Cambridge-based Olivetti Research Laboratory , ORL , funded jointly by Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA and DEC , has been doing a lot of work on the so-called ‘ active badge ’ technology — infra-red location devices linked to computer and telephone systems . |
| 23 | Well , he has n't actually collected any in and I 've been doing a lot of work at home for it , you know , masses . |
| 24 | I 've been doing a lot of that lately . |
| 25 | Something I have been doing a lot these last days . |
| 26 | So Keith has been doing a lot of work erm and putting on a database information about office traffic , Y T occupancy , |
| 27 | I know Meredith Putt 's been doing a lot of talking about the railway , but I did n't know it was on its way . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been doing a lot of reading , ’ she said . |
| 29 | You know , maybe we pick someone from groups who 've been doing a lot of good work lately , perhaps or something or you know some something like that , just er so they 're not left out the frame |
| 30 | Well you , you 've been doing a lot just recently , the last few days |