Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final " Dawn " sequence then has the effect both of a reprise , closing the musical form , and of an ironic comment on the human tragedy which , when it is taken out of the public arena into the privacy of Grimes 's mind , actually passes out of the consciousness and memory of those who , only a few hours before , have been clamouring loudest for its execution . |
| 2 | However , although it is the ideal course of action for John — allowing him to take advantage of some of the excellent schemes around at the moment as well as releasing cash that has been building up in his home over the years — he should look out for excessive costs that a remortgage can incur . |
| 3 | Sarah put the trowel she had been using carefully into her garden basket and removed her garden gloves . |
| 4 | Presently , in the silence that followed these remarks , the two young women heard the sound of distant guns more distant , it seemed , than the sepoy cannons which had been firing intermittently throughout their conversation ; this sound echoed from across the dark rim of the plain . |
| 5 | Opening the can of Coke that has been rattling round in your school bag all morning . |
| 6 | All kinds of people Molassi had been winding up about their music taste started piling in . |
| 7 | This ex-rugger international has , for reasons best known to himself , tired of rambling on about the oval ball game ; as a consequence he has taken to bespattering the media with stories about his allegedly ‘ sexy ’ life and times in terms which strive risibly to emulate the writings of the greatest rock journalist in the world — just like practically everyone else in the media has been muscling in on my territory in recent times . |
| 8 | She had been shrinking away from his anger and distaste , but now she was coming back , a hot fury of her own growing within her . |
| 9 | A local man bought the car from 's estate when he died in 1965 for £50 and intended to restore her , but until recently it had been rusting away in his garage . |
| 10 | ‘ She 's been keeping out of my way all morning . ’ |
| 11 | Er it 's really is to follow on from this debate that we 're having about what should happen if a shortfall occurs , erm and we 've heard , I 've been listening carefully to your views about er the way in which you agree with the Good Committee that a shortfall is an employers debt , the employers responsibility to meet that shortfall and we 've been talking about that shortfall should be met , but the Good Committee also concluded that er pensioners should not be regarded as preferential creditors erm and you also agreed with that . |
| 12 | I am disappointed that none of those hon. Members is in his place , because I had been looking forward to their contributions and should have liked to address the odd remark to them , but I shall do that in any event . |
| 13 | ‘ I have been looking forward to her visit for weeks and was very excited when I met her . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I have been looking forward to her visit for weeks and was very excited when I met her . |
| 15 | We 'd really been looking forward to our trip to the Brecon Beacons . |
| 16 | If the minister had been looking out from his manse windows , he would have thought that his prophecy had found honour in its own country at last . |
| 17 | He had been looking down into her face , lit by the candle he carried , but some sound had turned his eyes to the back of the hall . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been brushing up on my Italian , ’ Molly 's father went on , ‘ with the aid of an extremely sexy-sounding signorina I got on a tape from the Fulham Public Library . |
| 19 | When we left the headman 's house we were joined by a group of young boys who 'd been waiting outside with their dogs , and by other men from houses that we passed along the way . |
| 20 | And he had probably expected to see her at the shop this morning , while she had been waiting impatiently at his office . |
| 21 | He looked as if he 'd been Lying there on his stomach for quite a while . |
| 22 | They 'd tasted like shit but they 'd sure done the stuff ; everybody else had been whining about the story while Pete had been lying there with his tongue hanging out . |
| 23 | I felt a strange sensation in my stomach as I made my way down the sloping gangway and on to the tarmac , If I had felt like this on the morning of the 6th June , Lord Lovat would probably been going ashore without his bagpipe music . |
| 24 | Subsequent work by David Foulkes and others , showed that the very striking differences between experience during REM bursts and REM quiescence was not as great when subjects were questioned at any length , rather than being allowed to make spontaneous reports of what had been going on in their minds . |
| 25 | What had been going on in her cabin could only have led to one thing , and that was something that must never happen again . |
| 26 | Listen , too much has been going on in my head of late . |
| 27 | ‘ Has something been going on in my kitchen ? |
| 28 | Can anyone give me a brief update on what exactly has been going on in my absence , i.e. who is being sold and why ? |
| 29 | He was uneasy about what had been going on in his absence , which had lasted for some months . |
| 30 | Arms akimbo , her face still white under her heavy makeup , she snarled : ‘ Will one of you please explain what 's been going on behind my back ? ’ |