Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wo n't deny that , Mrs Wilson , but there was a period , just before she disappeared … well , I say just before she disappeared but it may have been going on for years , I do n't know … there was a period when she was very unhappy , very unhappy indeed . ’ |
| 2 | We must have been going round like zombies . |
| 3 | Now she was not orientated at all and for all she knew she could have been going round in circles . |
| 4 | In fact , you can use your Steamatic to tackle those tough and often unpleasant jobs that you may have been putting off for ages . |
| 5 | As the porter said , the corpses might have been lying there for days , even weeks . |