Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [been] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money 's been pouring on to Gala 's Image , odds have come down from 25 to 1 . |
| 2 | ‘ The Division 's been going out for the last fifteen years ; slowly but surely . ’ |
| 3 | He had indeed caught on from the bad vibes the driver had been giving out — the nervousness , the pale sweat-beaded face , the rapid eye movement towards the back seat — that something was bothering the guy . |
| 4 | People from outside the college had been coming in freely , causing trouble , stealing and even beating students . |
| 5 | Although some have done this display before , the tension 's been building up all week . |
| 6 | OSF 's singular appearance changes the rules the industry has been playing by for the past few years , narrowing the gap between the two camps , and allowing more room for the players to manoeuvre . |
| 7 | Presented by Michaela Strachan , the programme has been homing in on different varieties of animals and conservation projects in countries all around the world . |
| 8 | They perhaps take a little longer than anticipated , so when they eventually arrive an hour later than expected , the anxiety has been building up , and I am in a steamy temper . |
| 9 | The experiments , however , involved drawing fibres and blowing bubbles of molten glass and one day , after the work had been going on for some months , Lockspeiser went home leaving the gas torch used for melting the glass still burning . |
| 10 | Since then , the issue has been rumbling on in the French press , being kept alive for the fast-approaching Five Nations Championship . |
| 11 | We have established the assassin had been tramping round in the snow , yet Lady Beatrice and Rachel are wearing the same clothes as they were this morning and , as far as I know , never left the house . ’ |
| 12 | Their success revealed the misunderstanding had been going on for six years . |
| 13 | The battle has been going on since Ryan , 15 , died in a road accident . |
| 14 | The judge has been summing up the case against Harper and the jury will consider the case against him tomorrow . |
| 15 | To date it is a subtle but important change of mood that , with luck , will grow stronger over the winter — allowing spring to bring those green shoots of recovery that the Treasury and the Chancellor have been banging on about for the last two years . |
| 16 | It is innocent ; cleared of all the expressions that the child has been trying out during the day . |
| 17 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 18 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
| 19 | It contains the first detailed plans for the Himalayas , which all the big names in the business have been working on for years . |
| 20 | The last time he had seen him the Trollslayer had been wandering off to booze with his fellow outcast Dwarfs . |
| 21 | But he strenuously denied that anything of the sort had been going on anywhere in Europe around the time of the Lockerbie disaster . |
| 22 | Looking back I find it hard to believe that I did n't keep abreast of all the war news ; but the war had been going on for so long that I , like almost every girl of my generation , had lost interest in it . |
| 23 | Rather than making the observations that were originally planned , the telescope has been trying out various options to see what is possible , and at the same time producing pictures and results to reassure the public that all is not lost . |
| 24 | The three local women that she 'd brought in as help for the evening had been buzzing around behind her , greasing dishes and setting up trays and napkin-wrapping cutlery . |
| 25 | The moon had been shining in , silvering everything with its ghostly light , when Roman had made love to her . |
| 26 | Some couples who have failed to hear what the other has been saying over a number of years may need the help of a third person , probably a trained counsellor , to get them talking again . |
| 27 | Batty , speaking on Leeds clubcall , said yesterday : ‘ The speculation has been going on now for a couple of years . |
| 28 | YOUR Whinges of the Week have been pouring in . |
| 29 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 30 | The egg has been gleaming up at me , cold and slippery as an oyster , daring me to eat it . |