Example sentences of "[adv] been [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having worked his way up via his own live spoof chat show Vic 's Big Night Out , he has latterly been guesting on television 's One Hour With Jonathan Ross , a show whose format bears a strong resemblance to Reeves 's own showcase . |
| 2 | ENGINEERS at Philips in Britain have secretly been working on a flat screen television for several years , while hotly denying the fact . |
| 3 | English wine growers have only been operating on a commercial basis for the past 20 years . |
| 4 | He said he had thought they had all been fighting on the German side because they had all been under a German commander when surrendering . |
| 5 | She 'd obviously been counting on me having one , because the chillim was poised at her lips , ready for her to pull in deeply when the surface leaves caught fire . |
| 6 | ‘ He had obviously been brooding on this incident some years back , ’ said Mr Denny . |
| 7 | General industrial sales staff and Cromadex centre managers have together been calling on customers to explain the advantages of the new organisation . |
| 8 | And so if you have not been concentrating on the question |
| 9 | not been putting on any loud music recently I 've not had , I 'll stretch it out a little bit , but erm you know , we had a heater in here and er , record player and er ra er radio and that . |
| 10 | The UKAEA had already been working on two prototypes — a high temperature successor to the AGR ( called the Dragon ) and the Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor , another uniquely British concept . |
| 11 | Although I have to confess I 've already been working on it . |
| 12 | His expression was severe and disapproving as if he 'd just been sucking on a slice of lemon . |
| 13 | worked up the ladder , but , what 's required in a judge , I would say , put putting for the moment , what we 've just been discussing on the side , that is , any question of bias , or sex bias , a judge is there in court , to perform an intellectual . |
| 14 | I have just been watching on television the final scenes from the Royal Shakespeare Company 's performance of Nicholas Nickleby . |
| 15 | Indeed , as I write this , I have just been watching on television Lord Denning declaring with self-satisfaction that he puts all such letters straight into the wastepaper basket . |
| 16 | She had taken off her coat , somehow contrived to make herself seem a little dishevelled , as though the two of them had just been snogging on the sofa or something . |
| 17 | Have you ever been working on a program late at night that throws up error codes with a number such as ‘ ERROR CODE 201 ’ which means nothing at all to you . |
| 18 | At this period in time Highlander had also been working on a community health program , the broad aim of which was ; |
| 19 | From 1973 the Health Protection and Environment Directorates of the European Commission had also been working on measures to control wastes and ‘ trace ’ substances in water : they adopted a 50mg/litre nitrate limit for the 1980 Directive Relating to the Quality of Water Intended for Human Consumption ( 80/778/EEC ) , which also controls pesticides and metals . |
| 20 | SCOTVEC has also been working on a catalogue of extra additional assessments for the first phase of general SVQs , in order to provide candidates with a wider choice of assessments . |
| 21 | Franca decided that Alison had probably been drinking on the plane and was already a bit tipsy . |
| 22 | Derek 's nickname has proved to be spot-on this season , The Sizzler has really been sizzling on the field ! |
| 23 | Although I have so far been concentrating on Thomist interpretations of existence , there have been equally profound examinations in Buddhist and Moslem tradition , and in the modern day by existentialist writers , some of whom are religious and some of whom are not . |
| 24 | It is hard to believe that Joan and I have now been staying on the east coast for six months . |
| 25 | Fujitsu has reportedly been working on a 75MHz part supposedly called Tsunami Plus for some time but still has no contract with Sun ( UX No 373 ) . |
| 26 | It 's because Guido has n't been picking on me , she decided . |
| 27 | That striped blouse had n't been lying on top . |
| 28 | They had n't been working on the slate face , they had n't worked any slate , but they were doing all right on the tables , you know on the sawing the slate up for the others . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm going to see a sports psychologist because I have n't been focusing on the job and I must become more positive . ’ |
| 30 | I 'd have told Jamie as much , too , if I 'd been able to talk and had n't been concentrating on putting one foot in front of the other . |