Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now there is nothing to prevent plural continuation here ( e.g. They had been working hard for hours ) , but the incidence of such continuations was less than 5% , and continuations mostly were confined to singular references with individuals being in relatively stereotypical roles with respect to each other . |
| 32 | Since the embers were cool , Tallis imagined that she had been sitting there for hours . |
| 33 | Many had been decaying steadily for years : their owners had no use for them and could not imagine that anyone else would . |
| 34 | I 've been hiding there for ages . |
| 35 | Now of what we 've been doing today with fractions was there any of it that you 're not quite sure of and you think , But could you just tell me about that bit again . |
| 36 | ‘ I 've been standing outside for ages — wanting to come in , but knowing I should n't . ’ |
| 37 | We 've been going together for ages . |
| 38 | I 've been working mainly on girls ' education really from about eighteen ninety to about nineteen thirty and that 's what has mainly occupied me research wise . |
| 39 | They feel comfortable in bed together — they 've been sleeping together for years after all , and the new-found passion is lovely and exciting . |
| 40 | I 've been waiting here for ages . |
| 41 | ‘ They 've been waiting there for ages , ’ said Gurder . |
| 42 | We 've been cultivating both for centuries . |
| 43 | Local folk have been picking here for generations and always made sure that the beds were not overfished . |
| 44 | Although they have been living together for years they have had no idea how the other really felt . |
| 45 | But she and Hilda have been living together for years . ’ |
| 46 | Britain is a late runner in the modern tramway stakes , although such systems have been operating successfully for years in Continental cities . |
| 47 | Some fear reprisals if they did so , although tourists have been coming here for years to fish for trout and salmon . ’ |
| 48 | They have been working successfully for years and apparently preclude the necessity of fertilisers . |
| 49 | It is important to note that most campaigners have been working quietly in communities for years but despite this , attitudes on genital mutilation have not changed very much . |
| 50 | To add to Rocco 's woes , firms have been spending less on functions while he had to splash out £160 million on tarting up his properties , which include the Cafe Royal and the Waldorf . |
| 51 | Celia and I have been battling away for months now and we do n't seem to be getting anywhere . |
| 52 | And all the students in those colleges that are studying education have been doing so for awards at the University of Sussex , so we 're actually a much bigger family than the students we have here on the site at Thelma . |
| 53 | I have been talking only about directors who own their own company but the concept of restricting earnings can often be profitably applied to other employees . |
| 54 | He 's been looking elsewhere for years . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ The thing is , Management will listen to him and he 'll get what he wants , not like poor old Ron who 's been waffling away for years and not getting anywhere . |
| 56 | After all , he 's been working here for centuries , and I bet no one 's ever heard him say ‘ Cut , that 's a wrap ’ , before . ’ |