Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [noun] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Mitra attacked a secret visit by Ramos to Switzerland in mid-February , hinting that Ramos had been seeking foreign funds for his campaign . |
2 | ‘ When we were waiting to be questioned by the police , Doug Wilson was saying that Rodney had been making a play for Angy and hinting that he might have got somewhere . ’ |
3 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
4 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
5 | Elizabeth was crying because Angharad 's been destroying things in the house . ’ |
6 | Assuming that Short had been playing it straight , then there remained the question of who stood to lose if Pendero won . |
7 | Judging that Miller had been snoring long enough , he shook him till he woke , and made him drive to Turnhouse . |
8 | Fleury was quite wrong in thinking that Miriam had been nourishing amorous ambitions as far as the Collector was concerned ; on the contrary , throughout the siege she had taken great pains not to allow her feelings to attach themselves to any individual man . |