Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [verb] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that .
2 Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow .
3 Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow .
4 Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow .
5 Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow .
6 The papers say there has been shooting in the centre of Tripoli far to the north .
7 They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since .
8 They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since .
9 However , Hakim ( 1982 ) re-analysed the data and found that ‘ the results … confirm the association between crime and unemployment , and suggest it has been increasing over time ’ ( p.453 ) .
10 And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours .
11 Imagine you had been living on bread and water for three years and then someone put a large bowl of cherries on the table in front of you .
12 ‘ So you still deny you 've been sleeping with Garry ? ’
13 ‘ You mean you 've been talking about — what was she called ? — Inez — the mother of Matthew 's children ? ’
14 So I mean she 's been waiting on that erm place down Junction Road but they , you know , we 've had nothing from .
15 ‘ I trust you 've been rehearsing at home . ’
16 ‘ I just wanted to you know I 've been thinking of you . ’
17 I know I 've been behaving like a pig , comme un porco , for a bit , but please read all my letters from the Jungle and you 'll see I 'm a changed man .
18 ‘ I know you 've been sleeping with my husband . ’
19 Peter , I know you 've been talking to delegates all day , what 's the atmosphere like there ? *
20 I hear you 've been looking at Eggle guitars …
21 ‘ I hear you 've been talking to my Hilda and young Ralph . ’
22 ‘ I hear you 've been talking to our friends in Manila , ’ he says , chattily , as though the difference in our rank means nothing to him .
23 Fastext for quick access to teletext and a full function infra-red remote control make this small portable the second set you 've been waiting for !
24 Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed .
25 We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months !
26 ‘ I know he 's been looking for you .
27 I know he 's been doing to this man as he 's gone past so Harry sitting there the not saying you know .
28 I spose he has been fading towards the end of matches , but then again — who has nt ?
29 ‘ I suppose you 've been speaking against her ? ’ he added angrily to Joseph Poorgrass .
30 ‘ She upset her hosts by her grumpy behaviour in Korea and we believe she 's been talking to Morton 's people again .
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