Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She moved to the table , put her keys down , suddenly realising she had been clutching them tightly . |
| 2 | He 's going to be ages , thought Juliet desperately , suddenly realising she 'd been standing with her hands clenched together , and her eyes screwed tightly as if to hear better . |
| 3 | I suddenly remembered I 'd been intending to call Connors in any case . |
| 4 | Accused of being insolent , the private may say : ‘ No I was n't , sergeant , I was just saying I 'd been cleaning my boots . ’ |
| 5 | Some of the theories would have made Balzac blush , but they finally decided I 'd been sleeping with Laura , her husband had beaten me up in a dark alley , and now I was on my way to kill him . |
| 6 | He would soon realise he had been acting stupidly and feel sorry for his bad temper . |
| 7 | ‘ Leith Everett , ’ she stated down the phone , and soon knew she had been living in a fool 's paradise these last few hours . |
| 8 | Marc had already admitted he had been leading her on to see what she would do . |
| 9 | I rather suspect she has been imagining nameless orgies . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ So you still deny you 've been sleeping with Garry ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Labour members saw the letter I had sent and automatically assumed I had been misusing the Commons franking machine . |
| 12 | Foster said : ‘ It 's a surprise because I am fully aware that I have not taken many wickets , although I also feel I have been bowling well . |
| 13 | Since the party has not been legally registered it has been leading an underground existence . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
| 15 | She let out the breath she had n't even realised she 'd been holding . |
| 16 | they want normal speech , they do n't even people do n't even know it 's been going on . |
| 17 | It was as though she 'd been let loose from shackles she had n't even known she 'd been wearing . |
| 18 | Amiss suspected they had been hammering the port harder than ever the previous night . |
| 19 | He was irritated by a piece of smut on her cheek and started to wipe it off , and then pretended he had been stroking her , because he saw her distress at an emotion that she had guessed with her usual impossible correctness . |
| 20 | Before you start trying to watch home movies on your PC , remember that although Microsoft is kind enough to include a very basic multi media player and recorder ( both illustrated ) as part of the standard Windows desktop , in order to go some way towards true multi media you need a few more things : a windows multi media extension , a CD-ROM drive , a sound card and probably a new monitor , not to mention that faster machine you 've been promising yourself . |
| 21 | If yer really want ter know I 've been courtin' a widow for some time an' we 're thinkin' of settlin' down tergether , ’ he replied . |