Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been catching up on the week 's news , and who do I find hitting the headlines yet again ? ’ |
| 2 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 3 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 4 | With the tent flap closed , the heat had been building up under the canvas . |
| 5 | Towards the end of the 19th century , a crisis had been building up over the names of organic compounds . |
| 6 | While his loving note helped to sooth her misgivings , it was difficult to control the inner turmoil which had been building up over the months . |
| 7 | Pressures for change had been building up within the legislature for some time and these were to be given added impetus by the events surrounding the resignation of President Nixon . |
| 8 | It means the loss of hopes and plans which have been building up in the parents during the months of pregnancy . |
| 9 | The pressure — it 's been building up like a head of steam … ’ |
| 10 | The group members have not been idle during their enforced stay from Glenburrell Bridge as we have been helping out on the Society 's stall at local shows as well as building Thomas , The Tank Engine and , having purchased the show stand that we used to borrow , we are now adapting this stand for our own use at shows . |
| 11 | A Mirror Group Newspapers spokesman adds : ‘ Since Mr Maxwell died , Helen Liddell has been helping out with the group . |
| 12 | A few major labels have been sniffing around on the strength of ‘ Rockin' The Forest ’ . |
| 13 | Less robust , but far more weighty , messages of similar import from Conservative back-benchers have been raining down on the heads of Norman Lamont and John Major since Tuesday 's announcement that VAT will be imposed on domestic gas , electricity and coal . |
| 14 | Well it maybe , you see I 've had this , this has been hanging around for a month |
| 15 | And Miss Haines , as Clara suddenly realized , with a curious tremor of conviction , had actually been hanging around in the corridor waiting for her to emerge . |
| 16 | In their defence the party leadership could argue that they had been hampered by the lack of a parliamentary majority ; the choice had been hanging on by the skin of one 's teeth or of giving up and holding an election in the face of adverse opinion polls . |
| 17 | Police said : ‘ He appears to have been hanging out of the window as a prank . |
| 18 | So , when I have n't been gazing out of the window , phoning every friend I ever had , dashing up the street in an urgent quest for … er … something or other I 'm desperate for or singing along to Melody Radio at the top of my thorax — I 've been noticing things . |
| 19 | I raised with David Ingram at my JAR a matter which I 've been mulling over for a while , arising from my role as Welfare Officer . |
| 20 | He mumbled that he was still in a state of shock and had been walking around in a dream all day . |
| 21 | Hatton had been walking along in the dark and someone had waited for him among the willows and the brambles , the stone ready for use . |
| 22 | She had been walking back along the track , head bent , deep in thought . |
| 23 | Then he 'd been walking back to The Randolph when he suddenly felt he just could n't face his excessively sympathetic countrymen , and he 'd called in a pub and drunk a couple of pints of lager . |
| 24 | I 'm the one who deserves a new one I 've been driving around in a van for three years ! |
| 25 | Robert Taylor has been listening out for the sounds of an economic recovery |
| 26 | Since then , police have been listening in to the frequency used by the gang . |
| 27 | I have been listening in to the E-Mail for some weeks , and in fact even coming in on weekend to pick up the results and comments . |
| 28 | I put the phone down , wondering how many people had been listening in on the extensions , and went back into my room . |
| 29 | It is also particularly difficult to discover your place in a speech after you have been looking up at the audience . |
| 30 | If gaunt-face had been looking up at the Clubroom windows in the hope of seeing Filmer — or of Filmer seeing him — maybe Filmer would come down to talk to him and maybe I could photograph them both together , which might one day prove useful . |