Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] out [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bea , 68 , wants to move to London from Hollywood , and has been trying out future homes over here . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You realize they 'd have been kicking out second helpings . |
| 4 | For several years France had been carrying out nuclear weapons tests on the remote Pacific island of Moruroa in the Pacific . |
| 5 | A UK-based Indonesian human rights campaigning group , Tapol , claimed in its June bulletin that the army had been carrying out public executions of alleged members of the Free Aceh Movement ( FAM ) in northern Sumatra . |
| 6 | What you 've been going out seven weeks ? |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I can confirm we have been carrying out certain inquiries , including the forensic re-examination of material . ’ |
| 8 | FOR almost three years John Major and Norman Lamont have been trotting out smug assurances that all was well in Tory Britain . |
| 9 | I 've actually read it three timesThe idea was born in an Oxford workshop where David Pollard and Susan Nelson have been knocking out printed copies and computer discs since April . |
| 10 | Another , a veteran who 's been sorting out homesick Latins for years , said it was the greatest treat , once in a while , to get them to cook something just-a like-a Mama used to make . |
| 11 | Apparently this person 's been going out all hours of the day and night . ’ |
| 12 | Now the weather 's nice , she 's been going out three times a day . ’ |