Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I see you 've been getting him a new collar and lead . " |
| 2 | Yeah and she gets points for doing it do n't you , you 've been saving them up have n't you ? |
| 3 | She might 've been calculating something . |
| 4 | she must 've been holding it in because she did n't wan na wipe her bum with her hand and then you know it just burst out before she could get to the toilet . |
| 5 | I do n't they 've been doing anything to me yet okay . |
| 6 | Yeah he must 've been following her about . |
| 7 | ‘ I see you 've been checking your horoscope . ’ |
| 8 | Those Russians who choose to remain are pinning their hopes on him . |
| 9 | Doctors at the East London rehabilitation unit where he is recovering are sending him home for Christmas with his family in Chingford , Essex . |
| 10 | Laura reckons , ’ she continued , a salacious gleam in her toffee-brown eyes , ‘ old Po-face-that 's what they all calls him cos he never smiles-had been having it off with that secretary for weeks . |
| 11 | His rousing address finished with the exciting claim that ‘ IBM has been transforming itself into a solutions company ’ . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Wright has been transforming his management team , which has recently been completed with the additions of Reg Broughton from ICL , functioning as vice president of OEM sales and marketing and Carl Baldini , a founder of server start-up Enterprise Technology , as vice president of engineering . |
| 13 | Even if you do manage to prove that he has been harassing you , there does n't appear to be much general acceptance of the fact that intimidating someone in this way might actually constitute a serious crime . |
| 14 | Since Palm Springs , the commission 's chairman , Mr Setsuo Umezawa , has been telling everyone that he would welcome an increase in the penalties for anti-competitive behaviour . |
| 15 | Zambia has been telling me a lot , you know . ’ |
| 16 | Colin Pawson , the Royal Mail 's head of philatelic marketing , has been telling me of the energy stored in the gum on the back . |
| 17 | DIRECTOR Terence Young has been telling me about his new film project — a suspense movie , Metal Tree , starring close friend Brooke Shields . |
| 18 | JOHN Mortimer has been telling me about his first ever speaking role in Rumpole of the Bailey , his popular television series . |
| 19 | MODEL Sophia Berggren has been telling me about the unusual special effects used for her current Clairol hair colouring advertisement . |
| 20 | ANNA Bergman has been telling me about her best Christmas present — a reconciliation with her father , Swedish film director Ingmar . |
| 21 | The former England striker revealed : ‘ The chairman has been telling me the same thing ever since I took over 18 months ago . |
| 22 | She has been telling me … ’ |
| 23 | Marie has been telling me about her . |
| 24 | THE Rev. Martin Smyth , MP , has been telling me of a neat little trick pulled by local people to have houses built at Innes Place on the Donegall Road . |
| 25 | IAN KNOX of Ardglass has been telling me of the hazards of his favourite pastime , riding penny-farthing bicycles . |
| 26 | He has been telling them that both the Soviet Union and the United States have reiterated their support for the league 's plan and that political reform is the only way for the Lebanese to solve their crisis . |
| 27 | ONE of the most sensational life-forms on this planet , Sigourney Weaver , has been telling us about Alien 3 which opens here next week . |
| 28 | Stephen has been telling us how much you have helped him . ’ |
| 29 | To his evident surprise , Dr Ashok Kumar has been telling us what a civilised place the House of Commons is . |
| 30 | Several times an unsuccessful council candidate in Washington East ( ‘ it would frighten the life out of me if I got in ’ ) he has been telling us how his work and his passionate concern combine . |