Example sentences of "he have been [v-ing] [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He 'd been looking for that for ages . |
| 3 | And he 'd been rubbing for that long they 'd gone that colour . |
| 4 | What could he have been doing in that little field but reconnoitring the back premises of the house at the far end — even breaking in , there had been burglaries lately . |
| 5 | She knew he was waiting for her to agree , and it was desperation , pure and simple , she thought , that made her remember the elegant blonde he had been dining with that particular night . |
| 6 | And one of the oil men to whom he had been talking at that seminar in Florence had told him that the Chinese enterprise zone ( Shenzhen ) , just over the border from Hong Kong , was still working . |
| 7 | But he had been working on that first novel for at least ten years , ever since I 've known him . |
| 8 | Perhaps he had been standing at that spot , gazing out over the river towards the mountains or maybe with bowed head , grieving for his lover . |
| 9 | 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 |