Example sentences of "that [verb] been [v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another insight that has been coming to me consistently is that instead of beseeching God to undertake certain actions or to grant certain mercies or blessings we should state our faith that He is already and always at work in the way that we desire , so that our petition becomes an expansion of our address to Him , a relative clause expressing our conviction of faith that He is already doing what we were about to request Him to do . |
| 2 | She heard the incredulity in his voice and it fuelled the small truth that had been niggling at her , unacknowledged , all day . |
| 3 | Luke was in command and this time instinct told Robyn there would be no withdrawal , no respite from his sexual onslaught , from the tension that had been building between them since the very first moment . |
| 4 | I felt this was a chance for me to put to rest one way or another this thing that had been nagging at me for such a long time . ’ |
| 5 | He sang a few bars of it in a lusty baritone that filled the darkness , and oddly enough dispelled some of the tension that had been growing in her . |
| 6 | There was a throbbing urgency developing in the way they touched , a desperation in their kisses ; the yearning for fulfilment that had been growing in her since this man had first taken her was now a scream deep inside her , aching for him , crying for him , sobbing for him . |
| 7 | The dawn ride alone with Jacques Devraux through the breathtaking natural beauty of the tropical forest had first heightened the pleasurable feeling of pent-up excitement that had been growing within her in recent days , then eventually left her feeling tense and on edge . |
| 8 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 9 | There was a great fear of the fickleness of audiences , an anxiety that the craze would die and that in particular movies would lose their fascination for precisely those sections of society that had been going to them longest . |
| 10 | I had kept all the abuse that had been happening to me very much to myself — it seemed to me that I must have been very bad . |
| 11 | The flame that had been burning inside her since their first kiss burst suddenly into flame . |
| 12 | With an effort , Miles shook off the lethargy that had been creeping over him since Paula 's death , blinding him to his duties and responsibilities . |
| 13 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 14 | ‘ Look , I 'm responsible for those rumors that have been circulating about you and damaging your reputation . |
| 15 | Because I 've been keeping a record of everything that 's been happening for you , you know , so you wo n't have missed anything . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ So he 's the one behind everything that 's been happening to you recently . ’ |