Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [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 | All kinds of people Molassi had been winding up about their music taste started piling in . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's been keeping out of my way all morning . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | What had been going on in her cabin could only have led to one thing , and that was something that must never happen again . |
| 11 | Listen , too much has been going on in my head of late . |
| 12 | ‘ Has something been going on in my kitchen ? |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | He was uneasy about what had been going on in his absence , which had lasted for some months . |
| 15 | 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 ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ That question 's been going round in my head ever since I woke up in that alley . ’ |
| 17 | N H S Trusts has been going out of their way to recruit managers with experience in private profit sector . |
| 18 | ‘ I have been going out of my mind thinking about you . ’ |
| 19 | She 's been going out with her boyfriend for a year today and they get on so well ! |
| 20 | For most , there is an enduring search for bonds of love and loyalty , and other research showed that four out of five teenagers involved in a sexual relationship had been going out with their partner for six months or more . |
| 21 | I have been going out with my girlfriend for three years and she wants us to get married but I 'm not so sure ! |
| 22 | They 've gone , all those people who 've been marching around inside my head : Mum , Dad , teachers , infuriating old Brian — even Cal who 's everyone 's friend when I 'm nobody 's friend but she 's special to me … |
| 23 | Although , she reasoned realistically , if he had been fooling around behind her back it indicated that what he felt for her fell very far short of love , in which case he would probably have cancelled the wedding if she had n't . |
| 24 | ‘ Rumours that he 's been fooling around behind my back ? ’ |
| 25 | As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon . |
| 26 | His mum , Jacqueline , of Cardigan , said : ‘ When I bent down I could see that the metal mesh had been cutting in to his scalp . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He remembered a piece of music he had been carrying around in his head for years and bragged that he knew a better tune . |
| 29 | But if you 'd been playing about with your sister 's husband you might feel inhibited . |
| 30 | For the closing phrases , by which time she 'd completely lost it and was just plain screaming , we all fell silent , because it was awesome ; and then when she had finished the victim of her fury slowly exited right on cue in complete silence , complete silence except for Madame 's heavy breathing and the sound of Gary playing recitative on the piano , for he had been playing along under her rage all the time , as if to support it , as if this really was music to our ears . |