Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been [verb] [adv prt] the " 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 | Born in nearby Berkeley , Renee had been brought up the hard way . |
| 4 | While we talked Miss Sowerby had been cleaning up the patient with the head wound and , as the man prepared to leave , Reid cried to him , ‘ Head feel'um better ? ’ |
| 5 | Oyston had been brought up the son of a Durham miner and had moved to Blackpool with his parents when they went to open a boarding house . |
| 6 | Parore had been heading down the leg side — too far , ex-Central Districts keeper Jack Vernon assured me later — and had to change direction . |
| 7 | She said how the old people 's sitting room had been livened up when a few pictures of old Barnsley had been hung on the walls . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | Bull Worldwide Telco has been set up the ‘ better to co-ordinate Bull 's telco strategy and solutions , and to develop new group skills and expertise within the domain . ’ |
| 10 | After he 'd been offered the job Archie had been taken over the new building to see the general layout . |
| 11 | In the meantime , Pennethorne had been working out the details of his proposals for the Foreign Office . |