Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
| 2 | For weeks prior to this , provincial and national newspapers had been expressing their outrage at the title of the album . |
| 3 | Our French Canadian friends have been very good company for us ( actually , the woman , Dorothy , is Scottish by birth and upbringing ) , and we have been improving our French at the breakfast table , so even if ( as I fear ) we shall come home unable to speak more than ‘ hullo ’ ‘ goodbye ’ and ‘ thank you ’ in Chinese , at least our French will be a bit better . |
| 4 | She was adamant that she had been wearing her G-string at the time — round her ankle . |
| 5 | Did n't you fantasize about what might have occurred if only you 'd been holding your breath at the time and a gun as well ? |
| 6 | Nothing of her true nature , not even — and here Pavel had been holding his breath at the back of the Border Control 's interrogation room — where she 'd been living for the past two years . |
| 7 | Prince Edward has been chancing his arm at a new sport : Ten Pin Bowling . |
| 8 | Coun Jones had been visiting his mother-in-law at the hospital in October when he saw the Labour candidate among the crowd of protestors . |