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Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	But mostly I 've been working in television . ’
2	‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’
3	A part of that obviously I think is going to be that there was an expected higher level of productivity than we 've actually achieved , cos you know in January I think in , in Christine 's area for example , to start off with I mean er er er productivity plummeted erm and it 's now , and she changed the system and , and one or two other things .
4	Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't
5	I really do think that there is a degree of inconsistency in compelling a Gothic architect to erect a classical building — and so I have been thinking of appointing you a coadjutor , who would in fact make the design !
6	The purpose of this workshop is to bring people together who have been working in the area of users with special needs or disabilities .
7	It was n't until later , when Robyn heard Anne 's key in the lock , that she realised just how long she had been staring into space , miserably going over and over the disastrous weekend , in a futile attempt to try and put it all back into some sort of perspective .
8	So she had been asking after him .
9	so she 's been dealing with her Manchester solicitors and a London solicitor
10	So we 've been starting on the , but this is a bit of a shame though because , what I like , when we , when we , when we have our three days off , it 's nice to know on your , on your last day off that still have a late night because your not back to work until the afternoon you know .
11	So they 've been working on modifications and this year , oh we will we 'll put the modifications right and then come back with another sales pitch
12	So they 'd been talking about it already .
13	And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he 's got a he , apparently he 'd been trying for a year and he 's got to Accrington .
14	Apparently he 's been working in Australia , on oil rigs , I believe . ’
15	Perhaps he had been standing at that spot , gazing out over the river towards the mountains or maybe with bowed head , grieving for his lover .
16	Perhaps he 'd been referring to someone else as well ?
17	Perhaps he 's been listening to it , too , and thinking of me .
18	The book was all he had been waiting for , and all was going according to plan .
19	Obviously he had been listening to the battle .
20	So he 'd been looking for her .
21	So he 's been having at
22	That is the update on the outside of the Lincoln Turbine Service building , so what has been happening on the inside ?
23	Lately she has been working as a $10-an-hour dresser at local fashion shows and answering phones at an aerobics studio .
24	Lately he has been working on paintings of trees , large-sized drawings of nudes , painted low-reliefs in wood and a series of portraits of poets in which snippets from their work are inscribed ( Beats Alan Ginsberg and Gregory Corso appear in the show ) .
25	It could also stop the central government from imposing half-baked measures in the guise of reform , which is largely what has been happening until now .
26	It 's er just what 's been happening to a lot of folk , sinus trouble .
27	Tilda began to tell him exactly what had been happening in Dr Kildare , so far .
28	For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight .
29	I 've managed to subject the boots to most conditions except a thorough soaking over several days — for once we 've been basking in sunshine for weeks in Scotland , along with the sun-drenched south east !
30	My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time .