Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | MODEL Sophia Berggren has been telling me about the unusual special effects used for her current Clairol hair colouring advertisement . |
| 2 | Colin Pawson , the Royal Mail 's head of philatelic marketing , has been telling me of the energy stored in the gum on the back . |
| 3 | IAN KNOX of Ardglass has been telling me of the hazards of his favourite pastime , riding penny-farthing bicycles . |
| 4 | The only plausible way historically to guarantee the authority of such rights has been to see them as the issue of a divine law-giver . |
| 5 | It does not help Fergie 's case that the financial expert who has been advising her about the settlement is the same man she has been cavorting with in the south of France . |
| 6 | A key objective since Tencel was launched has been to position it at the top end of the market , working with the best mills , converters and manufacturers and attracting a premium price for the fibre . |
| 7 | An alternative explanation for price rises , for example , has been to relate them to the amount of money in circulation or the bullion value of the coinage . |
| 8 | Now Becky Blandford , although separated from her husband has been defending him on the daytime television programme , This morning . |
| 9 | But I have met your brother at long last and Mrs Powers has been regaling me with the most fascinating pieces of village gossip . ’ |
| 10 | This week , Zoe Muir has been updating us on the progress of our five Lunchtime dieters who have each been trying a different method of losing weight . |
| 11 | Anyway , you know , I 'd been er , it has been staring me in the face for so often . |
| 12 | ‘ Your deadly weapon has been staring you in the face from the moment you first arrived here , Fakrid , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The BBC 's film review programme is 21 years old today — and Barry , 59 , has been presenting it for the last 20 . |
| 14 | He 's been hiding me for the last couple of days . ’ |
| 15 | You would n't call it the best buildup you ever seen and after a little bit of scrappy play which Pisa failed to get the ball away , it fell inviting on the edge of the area , and he struck it with all the confidence and aplomb a a player who 's been planting 'em in the back of the net all season . |
| 16 | ‘ From what Superintending Constable Aplin 's been telling me along the way , if we can solve one , we 're likely to find the perpetrator of the other . |
| 17 | He 's been telling them at the public house that you 'll help his noble family become great again . |
| 18 | Who 's been beating you about the head ? ’ |
| 19 | It 's been staring me in the face . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It 's been staring me in the face , ’ Carlson continued . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's been staring us in the face all this time . |
| 22 | And that 's been another thing that 's been worrying me over the weekend . |