Example sentences of "he [verb] been [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
| 2 | He has been looking into the possibility of a career outside cricket as a pilot because of further problems with his back . |
| 3 | He has been stonewalling throughout the whole month since Lamb told the world , through the Daily Mirror , how the Pakistanis scuff and scrape and scoop at an old ball until it swings as though it was factory fresh . |
| 4 | I spose he has been fading towards the end of matches , but then again — who has nt ? |
| 5 | In many cases success for one of our runners has meant a breakthrough in a problem with which he has been struggling in the classroom . |
| 6 | But when I put the phone down I find he has been standing in the doorway . |
| 7 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 8 | He has been waiting for the right offer for some time after turning down an approach from Italian club Pisa several seasons ago . |
| 9 | He will himself present new data on the cohort of doctors he has been studying for the past 40 years , while his colleagues will review current knowledge on some of the many other topics that he has studied — including the effects on health of oral contraceptives , the parts played by radiation and by asbestos in various cancers , and patterns and trends in mortality . |
| 10 | Although he has had his feet under the desk only since January , he has been preparing for the job since last summer by meeting researchers and officials , visiting institutes abroad and drawing up an initial draft of his plans . |
| 11 | He has been working at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow since 1980 , but has now decided to move to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in the new year . |
| 12 | Sometimes , when he has been working in the garden , he will come in and sit down , then out again and does a bit more . |
| 13 | ‘ He has been playing on the right side and doing very well , ’ said Bingham who has always been a Black admirer . |
| 14 | He has been playing in the local Welsh leagues , has represented West Indies ‘ B ’ and is being keenly monitored by the county . |
| 15 | As the hon. Gentleman will know , the recent adjournment is to allow the provisional liquidator to formalise details of the compensation package that he has been negotiating with the Government of Abu Dhabi . |
| 16 | In a conventional world , the Chancellor would simply roll his forecasts forward as he has been doing for the past two years now . |
| 17 | Since 1986 , when Parkinson 's disease was first diagnosed , he has been battling against the illness which finally ended his illustrious football career . |
| 18 | After all , he 'd been ferreting in the records for a good while . ’ |
| 19 | Suddenly the penny dropped , and Meredith knew why he 'd been prowling about the airport like an angry lion . |
| 20 | Now she realised he 'd been hovering on the verges of her thoughts , just waiting for an opportunity to pounce . |
| 21 | At the official press conference today , Brian Horton said he 'd been looking at the young twenty-one year old for quite a while . |
| 22 | He choked back the tears and shook as he told of how he 'd been driving along the road when steam started coming out of the bonnet . |
| 23 | At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo . |
| 24 | He 'd been sitting in the car so long , it was hard for him to run . |
| 25 | Just as hapless as the plundering Norse overlord he 'd been playing for the past few weeks ! |
| 26 | He 'd been going round the beat supping this over-proofed rum from the Customs . |
| 27 | Because he was just doing the same job as he 'd been doing under the private under the L N E R. Management were more conciliatory when nationalization came on . |
| 28 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |
| 29 | By comparison , what he 'd been doing in the cafeteria block was mere journeyman stuff . |
| 30 | He 'd spent most of the evening wrestling with the one fragment that he 'd managed to retain , picked out of the air behind him as he 'd been standing at the cooker watching his soup boil . |