Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] been [verb] out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Molly had been laying out the lunch on the terrace . |
| 2 | Finally , as Pete had been opening out the canvas deck cover on a relaunched Fairline Fury while Ted paced the dock alongside , he 'd looked up at his employer and said , ‘ You really want to know ? ’ |
| 3 | The Life of Johnson makes plain how Boswell had been staking out the ground since their early acquaintance , making notes immediately after each meeting of what he himself was eventually to ‘ consider the peculiar value ’ of the Life , ‘ that is , the quantity it contains of Johnson 's conversation ’ . |
| 4 | In the meantime , Pennethorne had been working out the details of his proposals for the Foreign Office . |
| 5 | During the time that Ted and Jim were working on the engine , our chief researcher Bill Welbourne had been finding out a few details about the aircraft . |