Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb base] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not on a degree course but at the Cultural Centre for Foreigners where they 've been going since last September . ’ |
| 2 | A GROUP of British students has recently returned from a trip to South America , where they have been researching into the flora and fauna of the Colombian Amazon basin . |
| 3 | Although I 've been writing about the latest machines this month , I shall be including the older models in later articles . |
| 4 | But yes , abroad lies our final year of partnership , although I 've been toying with the idea of alighting upon a play by Shakespeare hitherto unknown , unseen and unenacted . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ So I 've been grieving for him . ’ |
| 6 | The bird has become very unfit , and the damaged wing is shorter than the other , so I 've been working on moving it in the way the bird would move it in flight , to stretch it . |
| 7 | It looks as if we 'll be able to buy the Stiebel-Stein mail-order business , so I 've been working on ways to raise the money . |
| 8 | ‘ So I 've been turning to simpler guitars , guitars that limit you , but that limit you in interesting ways . |
| 9 | The Ballet Club paid a second visit to Johannesburg in July 1944 , and John wrote to Hanns , exclaiming jubilantly that ‘ We arranged for me to have meals at the Carlton , so I have been dining in style this week ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ So you 've been chatting to the Earl of Ferngrove , Jill ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So you have been thinking about them . |
| 12 | Once you 've been going to the same shops a lot , y'know , just standing around and not buying anything , they get to know you . |
| 13 | I mean you 've had Sue , Sue for example tied up on and all those sort of issues , Bob 's been dealing with pr pension conversions and stuff like that for , for months on end , so we 've been dealing with other projects , all that 's happened is the work has been redirected onto a different type of project . |
| 14 | During the past decade the poverty stricken countries of the South have been paying far more money to the rich North than they have been receiving in new money . |
| 15 | PS : I bought ten copies to send to friends at home and abroad , so they have been joining in the fun from Runcorn , to Malta . |
| 16 | " Lord , I feel as if I 've been living with this case for ever ! " |
| 17 | I know times I get it , like maybe just at one side , if I 've been sitting in a hard seat |
| 18 | I feel as if I have been wandering through this forest for an eternity , and it is some days since I have found anything to eat . |
| 19 | If I have been fishing to the north of Fetlar , I sometimes take the ‘ inner route ’ back , a rather tortuous passage through the reefs and islets where navigation has to be pretty precise to avoid hitting hidden rocks . |
| 20 | Cos I 've been doing round the edges |
| 21 | the er the lady that comes to the meetings cos I 've been going to them . |
| 22 | If you 've been thinking about taking out a subscription to the Royal Horticultural Society , now 's the time to do it . |
| 23 | If you 've been thinking about a career in hairdressing and need some professional advice without parting with any cash , the new video from Hair by Alan d may be just the answer . |
| 24 | If you 've been thinking of making domestic changes or improvements , but lacked the money or momentum to set the wheels of change in motion use today to make a start . |
| 25 | You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I know a lady lawyer who can get you off , even if you 've been going round the shops buying poison , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Anyway , if you 've been talking to Betty you know who he is . ’ |
| 28 | The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days . |
| 29 | If you 've been gossiping about someone , go to those you gossiped to and try to restore the person 's reputation . |
| 30 | And over the years if you 've been working with the same partner |