Example sentences of "[vb pp] [that] [pron] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doreen Copas had to be reminded that she had been teaching Medau for all of 25 years by her Herts and Cambs colleagues and class members ; they presented her with a generous gift of garden tokens on the occasion of the Westhampstead Rally . |
| 2 | The girl had claimed that she had been having an affair with the teacher for some months . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ she replied , and because she had almost added that she had been going to travel with her sister — which would surely then have led to her boring him out of his skull with all of the rest of it , ‘ All alone , ’ she added with feigned cheerfulness . |
| 4 | The master at this time , J.W. , was in trouble when it was reported that he had been boarding some of the officers and two of their relatives in his own apartments under a private arrangement . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman may already have guessed that we have been pressing others to play their part in the important work in which the United Nations is engaged . |
| 6 | Yes , I 've heard that you 've been doing more than sending it out , you 've actually been taking it personally have n't you ? |
| 7 | The court 's heard that she had been taking cocaine and drinking whisky . |
| 8 | Zakir thanked me and then quietly revealed that he had been watching me for several days . |
| 9 | The two drivers were later charged with dangerous driving , but it was widely suspected that they had been acting on orders . |
| 10 | But now , when her mind travelled back , it was clear from the young man 's behaviour and some of the comments he had made that she had been suffering from myopia . |
| 11 | Booking into the hotel for another night , Kelly was told that someone had been trying to call her . |
| 12 | The AS presumably indicates Andrew Stavanger , and the TMJ will be his secretary , or one of the typing staff And it reads sensibly enough — it is just the sort of letter that he might have been expected to write if he got back to his office late and were told that you had been trying to get in touch with him . |
| 13 | Analysis of the nuclear DNA of the mole salamander Ambystoma has shown that there has been crossing with males of related sexual species . |
| 14 | ( a ) Spouses living together There is no charge to capital gains tax on a transfer of assets between husband and wife provided that they have been living together in the year of assessment in which the transfer takes place ( Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 ) ( " TCGA 1992 " ) , s58 . |
| 15 | On closer questioning it was found that he had been harbouring strong transsexual feelings for some while and that the injury resulted from an urge to initiate a sex change . |
| 16 | When the code was broken , it was found that he had been taking placebo rather than ursodeoxycholic acid . |
| 17 | And maybe she would n't have been expecting him to ‘ dance attendance ’ on her if she had n't soon discovered that he 'd been spending so much time with his personal assistant ! |
| 18 | Katherine put down the empty glass with a start , she had n't realized that she had been drinking . |
| 19 | Throughout the trial the brothers had maintained that they had been working as agents for the British Government in Dublin . |
| 20 | At the next meeting , Mr E almost casually mentioned that he had been trying out one or two of last week 's ideas and that Dave seemed quite responsive to him this week . |