Example sentences of "[vb base] been [v-ing] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yu hav been fighting wars an destroying de scene |
| 2 | Yu hav been fighting wars an destroying de scene |
| 3 | Yu hav been fighting wars an destroying de scene |
| 4 | Yu hav been fighting wars an destroying de scene |
| 5 | I 've been writing cheques to Rob Thomas . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been writing songs about prison ever since I started writing songs . |
| 7 | I 've been watching videos most of the day . |
| 8 | But that day that that woman phoned up the house erm she said I 've been watching Neighbours or something |
| 9 | The crews knew them as Spivs , and initially their speed was such that a driver complained : ‘ I 've been catching seagulls with that thing ! ’ |
| 10 | " You 've been telling lies . " |
| 11 | You see even when they tell the truth , if they 've been telling lies for a long time , even if they , when they tell the truth you do n't believe them |
| 12 | ‘ You 've been handing weapons out to the Serbs for months . ’ |
| 13 | Every day this week we 've been printing stickers of the Grands Prix that Mansell won . |
| 14 | I 've been drinking vodkas all night . |
| 15 | In fact , we in methodism we 've been ordaining women for the last twenty-five years , and it has become as natural as breathing to us . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been out-machoing men and bedding women with that story for twenty years . ’ |
| 17 | At last , seeing the impatient glint in his eyes , she drew a long breath and said , ‘ I 've been thinking things over — thinking very deeply — and I 've come to the conclusion that your idea of merging our two practices is , after all , the most sensible solution to our problem . ’ |
| 18 | I feel a lot more at ease since I 've been using prostitutes . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been using Departures for nearly ten years , with mixed nationality classes and with monolingual groups . |
| 20 | And er , I 've been learning flats and sharps and all that . |
| 21 | But it turned out to be an endless task and , as a result , for the last few years I 've been learning phrasings from all kinds of foreign instruments . |
| 22 | well you know we 've been reading stories , little ones , that was only two I could find but there were n't any stories |
| 23 | ‘ We 've been controlling games and still letting goals in , ’ he conceded . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been tasting bits all day , so when it comes to serving dinner I can only sit and chat . ’ |
| 25 | Tell me what you 've been doing , while I 've been moving mountains . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We 've been moving patients to other hospitals . |
| 27 | ‘ They 've been buying postcards . |
| 28 | Yes there is I 've been , yeah I 've been I 've been buying shares er Excon shares in a share p er a share purchase |
| 29 | I 've been buying bars and bars of that see . |
| 30 | Mm , well obviously they 've been casting bonds and tell judgment |