Example sentences of "[verb] been playing [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been playing well and we might well need him again . |
| 2 | It must have been a dismal job for those children , who , like children everywhere , would have preferred to have been playing rather than handling ton after ton of cold wet ore and stone . |
| 3 | ‘ I had been playing well since I returned from America , but the putts have just not dropped . |
| 4 | Her husband , who was carrying her clubs and who , in golfing terms , is very much of the conservative half of the partnership , had refrained from protesting , presumably on the grounds that his wife had been playing well and was ‘ up ’ for the shot . |
| 5 | Love also revealed that it had been decided not to include Iain Philip and Alastair Storie , as they had been playing overseas and it was a better option to give the others some match practice . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've been playing well but ca n't seem to find the net , ’ he said . |
| 7 | They 've been playing well and creating chances . |
| 8 | ‘ A lot of people have told us we 've been playing better than last season but we have n't produced winning football . |
| 9 | I 've been playing ever since I hung up my football boots in 1980 , and the strongest weapon in my armoury is still my lungs : I can shout ‘ FORE ’ louder than anyone I know . |