Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] have [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Originally from Turangi , in King Country , New Zealand , McIntosh now lives in South Wales , where he has been quietly making a name for himself with his performances for Pontypridd . |
| 2 | But if I 've been away working for some time , it 's completely different . |
| 3 | Her grandmother , his elder sister , would have been seventy if she had been still living , and there were several years between them . |
| 4 | The family , as the main sufferers under his regime , clearly had every reason to seek his overthrow , and it would hardly be surprising if they had been hopefully dabbling in witchcraft — although this was a standard late-medieval smear . |
| 5 | The family , as the main sufferers under his regime , clearly had every reason to seek his overthrow , and it would hardly be surprising if they had been hopefully dabbling in witchcraft — although this was a standard late-medieval smear . |
| 6 | If he had been simply playing the girl game , she reasoned , he would be getting steadily more intimate , and here he is reverting to deference . |
| 7 | ‘ Even if he had been out shooting , he would n't slip into a lady 's bedroom in muddy hunting boots . ’ |
| 8 | It may be that if he had been actively working for Balston Ltd his activities might have been in breach of his implied duty of fidelity . |
| 9 | If company B writes a program independently and , by chance , it turns out to be very similar to a program written by company A , there is no infringement of copyright because there has been neither copying nor adaptation of A's program and both A and B will have a copyright in their respective programs . |
| 10 | There the plaintiff passenger 's damages were reduced by 20 per cent because he had been out drinking with the defendant driver and a lot of beer had been consumed by both the plaintiff and the defendant . |
| 11 | Now er on the air at five o'clock mister Tim with drive at five and the early evening sequence , and we 're gon na chat to him in the next thirty minutes because he 's been out shopping today and he 's spent quite a lot of money on some brand new clothes . |
| 12 | I 've had a really horrendous time while you 've been away cavorting with your Jews … ’ |
| 13 | Meanwhile , strike partner While there has been no doubting the high regard Beardsley is held in around Everton , many had begun to question Mo Johnston , whose future at Goodison had been in doubt after two months in the cold , looks to have earned a temporary reprieve following his equaliser against Liverpool . |
| 14 | After we had been constantly studying the sky for a few months and getting the feel of things , we did tend to develop a sixth sense regarding the weather , a bit like farmers . |
| 15 | ‘ Although , God knows ’ , he said , ‘ the poor Birds ought to have a holiday from me for years to come , for I have been incessantly shooting and my own gun was not the only one that waged war upon them . |
| 16 | Should you know your cholesterol level , after you may well take your pulse or heart rate regularly when you have been out running , so why not ‘ know your cholesterol number ’ as the Americans would say ? |
| 17 | You see the next one right , the reason we 're totally opposed to it , as yous have been bloody debating it all morning , with the Labour Party , and I ca n't even bloody join it , cos I live in Northern Ireland . |
| 18 | He was in better spirits and colour now , for he had been out walking several times with Luch since she had gently persuaded him to dress and go to the wedding . |