Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 2 | Well that 's the been the problem issue we 've been struggling through on that basis |
| 3 | The Chinese have been inching back towards economic reform . |
| 4 | ‘ I saw that sort you 've been knocking about with last night . |
| 5 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |
| 6 | and he said you know , he said they have n't been turning up at that chapel for them , when they 've preaching but you did n't crack on they knew anything about that but he just sort of said said no you know remain non-committal . |
| 7 | What he 'd been leading up to all week ? |
| 8 | Talks have been going on since last night and the former Celtic and Manchester United star is set to travel north to sort out the details of his contract . |
| 9 | There are a number of problems caused by a protracted campaign — and arguably , this election has been going on since last autumn when everyone started wondering whether Major could pull it off . |
| 10 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 11 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 12 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 13 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 14 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 15 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 16 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 18 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 19 | The debate about whether and how the universe began has been going on throughout recorded history . |
| 20 | What has really been going on in this establishment ? |
| 21 | It 's still , it 's been , in the first two months it 's been going down on last year in volume terms . |
| 22 | Six months before her overdose Liz terminated the relationship with her boyfriend of two years ' standing after she discovered he had been going out with another girl . |
| 23 | so there was silence until we got to the tube station and he said , how long have you been going out with this man ? |
| 24 | So they came back but of course , if it 's jus if it 's been pouring in on that bathroom ceiling again it 's , it , when I took , when Elsie called up to me , come and look at this , the bathroom ceiling was black mould ! |
| 25 | In fact , women have been speaking out on this issue for some time — among them Sue Cavanagh , co-author of a report on women 's loos published by the Women 's Design Service . |
| 26 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 27 | ‘ I guess I 've been getting back on that horse ever since . ’ |
| 28 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 29 | Always considered a soft touch for your face , these products have currently been coming in for more scrutiny . |
| 30 | A wheel designed just to go on turning , never stopping , so that for a hundred years with a hundred more to follow , she had been coming out of this cottage doorway , carrying her carpet-bag , filling her lungs with this damp , sooty air which had started to make Liam cough , reminding herself — as one simply had to do — to be thankful for such mercies as came her way , however small . |