Example sentences of "he have be [v-ing] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the lock did n't turn as he 'd been expecting it to — |
| 2 | He 'd been using it for the Open . |
| 3 | From their position on the block , he 'd been steadying it with his left hand while drawing out a knife with his right . ’ |
| 4 | While the timing of the news came as a surprise to him , he said , he had been expecting it since February 1992 . |
| 5 | Oh , but this is the Niersteiner , the last bottle , and it would n't go very well with beef ’ He had been saving it for Sophia 's birthday . |
| 6 | It was the only thing that worked with Gesner and he had been saving it for when they went into rehearsal on Luxembourg . |
| 7 | Whereupon he tried it stante pede , shoved the stool away and played standing at the organ , at the same time working the pedal , and doing it all as if he had been practising it for several months . |
| 8 | He 's been doing it for centuries and now he thinks he 's king |
| 9 | He 's been doing it for years . |
| 10 | ‘ Probably , but he 's been doing it for years . ’ |
| 11 | He 's been doing it for years . |
| 12 | He 's been doing it for three years now . |
| 13 | He 's been doing it for quite a while now has n't he ? |
| 14 | He 's been doing it for twenty years |
| 15 | whatever it is , deflate , and er guy come round , no problems , no problems with it , well I mean the head gasket 's gone and there 's a hole near the wing and bald tyre on it but mechanically it 's , this guy comes round to look at it , I mean he 's been driving it from Plymouth , he 's in the navy , up and down here , bloke comes round , yeah no problem , come on round mate , come and have a look at it , look round it , says yeah I like this can I just take it for a drive ? |
| 16 | He 's been doin' it for forty years . |