Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [been] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 2 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 3 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 4 | The day , the expenditure of emotion — the oyster knife he has been inserting into these women 's lives — have tired him . |
| 5 | With help from master decorator Renzo Mongiardino , who is known to have helped him in the past , Ortiz-Patiño should have little trouble showing off the rare editions , manuscripts and fine bindings first collected by his father ; his own Dutch and Spanish Old Master paintings ; English silver by Paul de Lamerie and the gold snuff boxes he has been collecting since 1956 . |
| 6 | He has been toying with various possibilities ( we suggested he could come to us & repeat the year at Oban High — a somewhat unlikely proposition , I admit ) but seems likely to plump for a 4-year course at Birmingham , leading to a BSc in Computer Engineering . |
| 7 | He has been writing for some time , starting with horror , and has more recently turned to the psychological thriller . |
| 8 | Looking at the sorts of things that Paul writes about as well , you 'll see that there is a change in material ; up to now , he has been writing about Christian doctrine . |
| 9 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 10 | Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years . |
| 11 | When Ellcock announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the age of 216 after Middlesex 's pre-season tour to Portugal , he was finally admitting defeat in a struggle to overcome back problems he has been fighting for much of his 10-year career . |
| 12 | Mr Boris Yeltsin , the president of Russia , may have won the battle , but he has not yet won the war he has been fighting for more than half a year with the Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 13 | No individual can sell or receive commission on investment business , unless he has been working for that same Company for at least five continuous years . |
| 14 | ‘ Recently he has been working on American films and he was very keen to get back home and work with some of his old mates . |
| 15 | He has been working in this vein since the late Sixties , when only hippies , greens and cranks thought it was important . |
| 16 | Spurs chief executive Terry Venables said : ‘ I 'm thrilled for Gordon because he has been suffering with this ‘ cheat ’ slur hanging over him . |
| 17 | He has been suffering from gastric flu . |
| 18 | He 's been looking at that erm inspiration has n't , do you know I bet it would if he made a cup of tea why was n't |
| 19 | Then the really hard part is persuading the public to listen , because the last thing they want to believe is that the charlatan in the white coat is n't going to give them a cure for cancer , a promise he 's been renewing at regular intervals for the past two hundred years . |
| 20 | And he 's been wrestling with this alsatian |
| 21 | He 's just joined the Squadron but he 's been flying for two years . ’ |
| 22 | He 'll never let you get away with anything in a ward even if he 's been pining with unrequited love for your aunt for God knows how many years . ’ |
| 23 | I know he 's been doing to this man as he 's gone past so Harry sitting there the not saying you know . |
| 24 | " He 's been shaking like this ever since he was sixteen years old , " the Keraing told us , " when he first had the experience which made him take up the profession . |
| 25 | He 's been diving into local affairs to help raise money for charity . |
| 26 | I should think he is tired , he 's been running around this field , he 's been at deep square leg , at third man and everywhere and he just gave me that blank stare . |
| 27 | He 's been going for three hours . |
| 28 | He 's been going on all day old boy . |
| 29 | So I should n't think he 's been driving for some time and |
| 30 | Additionally , he 's been working with Left Hand Right Hand , who 've just toured the States , while his other musical activities have seen him involved with British Racing Green and Danielle Dax , with whom he plays bass from time to time . |