Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb base] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the range and breadth of coverage I have been talking about can not be done within the existing confines of Radio 4 . |
| 2 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 3 | Having given this example of structuring I perhaps need to make clear some of the terminology I have been using before looking at more examples . |
| 4 | ‘ Is your husband 's trip to Milan connected with this Japanese deal I 've been hearing about ? ’ he asked . |
| 5 | Right from the beginning of my career as a journalist I 've been writing about gender issues from the male point of view . |
| 6 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 7 | If the course of action that I am suggesting and ind which is indeed consistent with the course of action I have been suggesting throughout this enquiry is to work , then I need I would suggest tomorrow is probably the absolute latest for me to get anything from you , and to give the Councils any opportunity whatsoever to make any reply to them . |
| 8 | But I do n't know what wind you 've been listening to . |
| 9 | To give you some insight into the kind of research we have been doing in order to grasp the concept of innovative climate , I will present two sets of data . |
| 10 | ‘ This is the boost we have been waiting for , ’ says sales director Malcolm Prior . |
| 11 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 12 | In this chapter we have been looking at the details of the division of labour to which Ella was referring . |
| 13 | Throughout this chapter we have been coming across the coffins of nobles , all of which had repoussé coronets about the grip-plates and three-dimensional gilt copper versions — usually with gilt wooden baubles and remnants of the cap — sitting on the lid . |
| 14 | Sometimes in this chapter we have been talking about processes , sometimes about artists . |
| 15 | I I the retail 's not within what we 've been talking about this afternoon but on the other hand it does employ more people per hectare than any industry we 've been talking about as as far as as far as I understand it . |
| 16 | There 's very little room for the qualitative work I 've been talking about : it it is there it tends to get tacked on to an existing project when the sociologist is brought in to provide expertise on survey design or interviewing or to use a standard measure of patient ‘ quality of life . ’ |
| 17 | Although the survey was carried out in 1987 , and events in education have moved on with amazing rapidity since then , many of the conclusions that can be drawn from the interviews seem to have retained their relevance , particularly in the context of the issue I have been exploring in this chapter . |
| 18 | Well that 's the question I 've been asking in committees er because I 'm I brought this up when they did nicely when they took all the trees away from down er Long Row on the High Street . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 20 | Not long before the end of term now , pooh looking forward to er , going home to get some real food inside you I dare say , as opposed to the gruel you 've been getting in hall . |
| 21 | Part-time job that offers the flexibility you 've been looking for . |
| 22 | Ron Van Rapphorst of San Diego police said : ‘ We have located the vehicle we have been looking for . |
| 23 | This has further emphasized to ourselves with , I accept our reading of the draft of P P G thirteen , and also more work we 've been doing on land in the city , and on the potential traffic implications in particular of further growth outside the ring road . |
| 24 | The work we have been doing on the standardisation of company codes has started to pay dividends . |
| 25 | ‘ The editor we 've been looking for will also have to be able to cope with Alice Cooper dropping into our offices , plus other heavy metal groups who 've been into the heavy metal jewellery shop , the Great Frog which is in Carnaby Street beneath our offices . |
| 26 | Oh wanted a word with you see how much money you 've been putting in my , and we 're going for a mortgage now . |
| 27 | " This could be the opportunity you 've been waiting for , " she said slowly , her eyes black shadows in her face . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've a rather special wine I 've been saving for you to sample , Naylor , ’ Guthrie addressed his nephew as they began to tuck into a starter of scampi in flaky pastry . |
| 29 | And this ’ — he spread an arm out — ‘ is the amateur group I 've been supporting over the past years . ’ |
| 30 | Up to this point we have been looking at some fairly clear cases of assimilation across word boundaries . |