Example sentences of "he [verb] [been] [v-ing] [adv prt] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRISTOL CITY striker Andy Cole yesterday denied that he has been holding back since the club rejected a £600,000 offer from Nottingham Forest . |
| 2 | He was not right after the race and did not appear again all season but I like the way he has been stretching out and he could win here before making his mark in middle distance Group company . |
| 3 | When he felt brave enough he took off the old pullover and the tracksuit pants that he 'd been sleeping in and started to dress . |
| 4 | She was on holiday after all , and it certainly seemed as though that was what he 'd been indulging in while waiting for his ladyfriend to return . |
| 5 | He looked up from the papers he 'd been working on and said blandly , ‘ Ah , Luce … |
| 6 | He had been drifting back and forth between the two ever since . |
| 7 | He had been swinging in and out of consciousness for several days . |
| 8 | His father brushed the chair he had been sitting on and , with a flourish , invited Madeleine to sit down . |
| 9 | The young man pulled forward the chair he had been sitting on and lifted one leg up on it . |
| 10 | Then she convinced him he was to say no more about leaving and get back to the story he had been working on when the row blew up . |
| 11 | On his desk was a map of the Fairfax property which he had been working on when he had the telephone call from the owner telling him that he was cancelling all the arrangements . |
| 12 | ‘ I would if I could — but he 's been flying back and forth to Australia like a damned Yo-Yo ! |
| 13 | I looked at his ball lying there and I thought , ‘ Well , I know he 's been getting up and down from bunkers all week , that 's one of his great strengths , but he 's going to have to work hard here . ’ |
| 14 | He 's been waiting up and down town asking us to vote for him , flipping heck |
| 15 | ‘ As I 've said , he 's been working off and on on the house as a favour . |
| 16 | He 's been travelling up and down the country for over a quarter of a century watching the Clarets and he would n't dream of being anywhere else but on the coach to Brighton on Boxing Day . |