Example sentences of "have [adv] been [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the UK market has only been contributing some £15,000 a month or so to the company 's coffers , Christoforou expects to appoint half a dozen sales staff by April and says he will be looking for the outfit to turn over £2m plus in its first year . |
| 2 | Mick Lovatt has also been doing some sterling work here re-equipping some of the older classics — in particular both pitches of Pierrepoint , a classic ( F7c+ , F7b+ ) have been completely rebolted . |
| 3 | The list had obviously been printed some time before . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've just been brewing some coffee — I expect you 'd like a cup . |
| 5 | All right I 've just been making some notes here . |
| 6 | I 've had some packed lunches which were perfect , but I 've also been sold some horrors . |
| 7 | I 've actually I 've actually been doing some arithmetic while you were talking |
| 8 | Billy had certainly been making some enquiries but he had been misinformed , Danny thought . |
| 9 | Thanks so very much for getting me Bloomfield 's annotated NT , vol I. I 'm delighted to have it , and have just been spending some time revisiting a few cruces to see what explanations are offered . |
| 10 | This more psychoanalytical explanation may seem far-fetched , but it is important to realize that feline terms have often been given some sort of sexual connotation ( sex kittens , pussy as slang for female genitals , and cathouse for brothel ) . |