Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [adv] in [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Opening the can of Coke that has been rattling round in your school bag all morning . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | What had been going on in her cabin could only have led to one thing , and that was something that must never happen again . |
| 6 | Listen , too much has been going on in my head of late . |
| 7 | ‘ Has something been going on in my kitchen ? |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | He was uneasy about what had been going on in his absence , which had lasted for some months . |
| 10 | ‘ That question 's been going round in my head ever since I woke up in that alley . ’ |
| 11 | She waited , holding her breath , wondering whether he would really answer all the questions that had been buzzing around in her head ever since she had first met him , or whether he would skirt around the subject and depend instead on the overwhelming attraction she felt for him to talk her back into bed . |
| 12 | Yesterday publican John McKeague said that Mr McGarry had been drinking regularly in his bar for the last 20 years , but added that no one had ever asked about his movements . |
| 13 | They have been campaigning hard in their Sigma 38 Red Arrow and in their chartered Castro two tonner Oracle Arrow , but John Best has wisely imported professional sailors , as he puts it : ‘ to help us make the jump from weekend sailing to the big league ’ . |
| 14 | He remembered a piece of music he had been carrying around in his head for years and bragged that he knew a better tune . |
| 15 | He had been sitting quietly in his hovel of a home when stray gunfire smashed into his jaw and blew half his face away . |
| 16 | She had glimpsed Emily Grenfell who had been leaning forward in her carriage , staring out into the crowded roadway , her emeralds shining at her throat , the green richness of the stones glittering in the light from the street lamps . |
| 17 | A few moments ago she had been burning up in his arms , caught up in the fever of his lovemaking , but now the blood seemed to have turned to ice in her veins , frozen by his uncaring tones . |