Example sentences of "he have [adv] been [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But it 's a different story this time around and he has n't been doing the business for us . |
2 | Over the years , Page has established himself as a medieval raconteur , delighting his audience with tales of , say , thirteenth-century Paris ; but anecdotes aside , he has also been refining the presentation and programming so that , almost without realising it , his audiences learn a good deal about the often totally unfamiliar music being performed . |
3 | He 'd either been following the earlier ramifications of her disquieting thoughts , or he was making a shot in the dark that , she feared , might be all too accurate . |
4 | Managing director Bernard Segrave-Daly said he had also been hoping the Chancellor would have introduced a duty system which would have helped smaller firms . |
5 | He had not been expecting the change in subject . |
6 | In other words , he had not been attending the kirk . |
7 | ‘ Not too good , I 've heard , ’ said Greg , not adding that he had just been grilling the doctor who signed her second husband 's death certificate . |
8 | He had already been doing the job unofficially , and now would be paid for it . |
9 | He had n't been expecting the I was certain . |
10 | He started , sweating guiltily : he had n't been checking the sky . |
11 | Like the good gossip he was , he had merely been marshalling the various elements of his anecdote to their best advantage . |
12 | all you have , all you have to say to him is dad 's back at work , he 's not been using the telly |
13 | After all , he 's only been experiencing the outside world since his vaccination course was completed a few weeks ago . |