Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is reasonable , as one would expect deaf people in the USA to have been using some sign language before the imported use of FSL . |
| 2 | But no news is good news , and Mr Clarke has been drawing some comfort from the fact that he has n't heard from his own local family doctor . |
| 3 | I 've been contacting some reporter pals . |
| 4 | It is understood that the deal had been held up by the Bank of England which had been seeking some form of ‘ comfort ’ from Bank of Edinburgh 's largest minority shareholder , Scottish Amicable , with 39.2 per cent , effectively asking it to stand behind depositors and take a more active role . |
| 5 | waistcoat I 've been saving some time to get them . |
| 6 | Erm which would give you some contact with erm , er you know people who 'd er er just come out of prison or , or you know had been serving some sort of sentence or other , you know , maybe not a custodial one or something . |
| 7 | The committee also decided in future to pay the CAB quarterly grants in advance , rather than in arrears which has been causing some cash flow problems . |
| 8 | its been , that has been blistering some time that , think its |
| 9 | It would have been much better if they had been getting some therapy to help them understand why they needed to take drugs in the first place . |
| 10 | As I mentioned , you 've been getting some advocacy experience , although you might not have realized it , in litigation already . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've just been brewing some coffee — I expect you 'd like a cup . |
| 12 | It would be just like Sipotai to attempt overwhelming force , and he had been expecting some kind of reaction ever since he had issued the order for Vortai 's herds to be culled . |
| 13 | It had been expecting some trouble on May 23th , the anniversary of China 's annexation of Tibet in 1951 . |
| 14 | been having some kind of direction there , has n't he , I mean at |
| 15 | Erm mine 's good but Martin 's been having some back trouble . |
| 16 | ‘ And they 've been having some restoration work done on it . |
| 17 | In the hot weather the works has been having some trouble in staying in reasonable control of its effluent . |
| 18 | Obviously he 'd been doing some kind of a finance deal ; setting up a takeover ; and he 'd lifted some off the top for himself . ’ |
| 19 | And this I 've had to take it twice while I 've been doing some shopping now . |
| 20 | I dare n't say about the future but I have been doing some stuff with girls teen magazines . |
| 21 | ‘ He had been doing some cricket practice with the younger boarders . |
| 22 | We also discussed with GEC Avionics the possibility of providing their diagnostic information in a compatible , electronic format as they had been doing some work in the same area . |
| 23 | I have been doing some work for a national charity recently and the director and one of the key office-bearers can not stand sight or sound of SARAH , which was a trifle awkward when she rang up once or twice ‘ wanting to pop in for a chat at your new office ’ . |
| 24 | anyway their Bev 's husband he 'd been doing some work plus some money they dropped on these spindles , so she was telling me |
| 25 | But I bumped into Chris who 'd been doing some session work with Steve ( Buzzcocks ) Diggle , who was looking for a guitar player to do a few gigs , and Chris kind of trapped me into that . |
| 26 | It 's difficult to explain , but I know I 've been doing some thinking about my obligations to my parents , about where I 'm coming from and where I 'm going . |
| 27 | Mala , who had been doing some thinking of her own , looked at me uneasily . |
| 28 | Caswell had n't only been doing some thinking , he 'd been looking up maps and timetables . |
| 29 | I 'd like to know why it 's so important to you , and I 've been doing some thinking . |
| 30 | FOLLOWING the article by Warren Bagust on the raw deal David Gower has been given by the England selectors ( WCM Sept ) , I have been doing some research of my own on the relative merits of David Gower and Graham Gooch as batsmen and as captains of England . |