Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [prep] the [num ord] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |
| 2 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |
| 3 | What the hell do you think I 've been talkin' about the last few minutes ? |
| 4 | The buzzard population in the province has been growing over the last few years and is believed to currently stand at 650 . |
| 5 | Because I am delighted to report that education standards in Wales have been rising over the last few years following the introduction of the national curriculum and our other reforms . |
| 6 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 7 | That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What we have been doing over the last few weekends is exercising our right to search someone if we have a reasonable belief that they are carrying a weapon , ’ said Mr Wood . |
| 9 | ‘ What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components . |
| 10 | It will be a real chance to learn in a practical way many of the things we have been studying over the last few months . |
| 11 | In common with many bass amplification manufacturers , Trace Elliot have been trying over the last few years to build powerful , yet compact bass gear to ease the strain on the poor bass player 's back . |
| 12 | The Beaverton , Oregon-based company has been working over the last few months to staff up a new business unit to concentrate on low-end multi-processors , an area it feels offers great potential . |
| 13 | To a degree some of the rise in prices resulted from market makers scrambling to acquire shares to meet investor demands but the Conservative victory has restored confidence in the City , something which has definitely been missing over the last few weeks . |