Example sentences of "have [adv] been [v-ing] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jerry refuses with zest ; he has obviously been springing to his own defence for many a long year . |
| 2 | However , this year the Speaker has also been reaching outside his Sacramento stronghold : convening an economic summit in Los Angeles to examine the state 's recession ; pushing laws to reform California 's hated workers'-compensation scheme ; leading a team of legislators to Washington to plead for the state 's interests ; putting himself forward as a mediator in a fractious dispute over teachers ' pay in Los Angeles . |
| 3 | These writs were not new and by Edward 's reign the church had long been fighting against their use in such matters as tithes and debts , testaments and matrimony . |
| 4 | She was saved from that particular choice by a boy of about seven , who had apparently been playing with his train set in the porch . |
| 5 | Now that he was clear of the hawthorn scent of the hedge and the reek of cattle dung , he became fully aware of what had already been drifting into his nostrils while he was lying among the thorn . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've just been speaking to my sister . |
| 7 | Oh I 've just been listening to your conversation with Dennis and Iris . |
| 8 | By the way , I 've just been glancing through my fixture list , and it seems to me that the real test of our recent good form will come in December/early January . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've just been talking to your aunt on the phone . |
| 10 | Erm I I 've just been talking to me husband about it . |
| 11 | Over his face quivered shades of the sniggers he had just been enjoying with his mates . |
| 12 | I 've always been skiing with my parents , so I 've been to America to visit friends , and that 's not been like sightseeing , or something , and I just have n't been anywhere , and erm , I mean , I suppose I 've been to a lot more countries than a lot of people who 've , you know , there 's a lot of people who have n't |
| 13 | She had still been smarting from her unjust dismissal for ‘ over-familiarity with the management ’ at Ardis & Co , when she had wasted no time in squashing two men in particular at Vasey 's who had shown more interest in her than in their work . |
| 14 | The affected fish had previously been swimming on its head and it spine had become deformed due to its awkward position . |
| 15 | He had certainly been failing in his duty towards Dimity . |
| 16 | Jean and Brian had never been camping in their lives . |
| 17 | But the downside is that Pinatubo — which had been dormant for 600 years — may have been the reason we have all been reaching for our brollies and in some cases sandbagging the front door over the past few weeks . |
| 18 | Determination , aggression and commitment have all been missing from their recent displays , but a lack of concentration denied them their first much-needed double of the season . |
| 19 | Companies have also been looking after their shareholders . |
| 20 | As many progressive ( but in reality reactionary ) politicians have recently been finding to their cost , greater freedom of opportunity , so far from furthering equality , has only stimulated emulation and the appetite for symbols of success . |