Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] have [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Did n't you fantasize about what might have occurred if only you 'd been holding your breath at the time and a gun as well ? |
| 32 | During the last half hour or so she had been pacing the room like a caged animal , insisting that the door should be kept ajar and the window opened wide . |
| 33 | So she had been asking after him . |
| 34 | so she 's been dealing with her Manchester solicitors and a London solicitor |
| 35 | So she 's been trying to get work off her . |
| 36 | So you 've been sketching them ? |
| 37 | So you 've been educating yourself again . ’ |
| 38 | So you 've been shopping what else ? |
| 39 | It was then Gedanken realized that all along she had been hearing the voices of the beetles over a loudspeaker . |
| 40 | I mean , obviously we 've been playing this game for hours . |
| 41 | So we 've been starting on the , but this is a bit of a shame though because , what I like , when we , when we , when we have our three days off , it 's nice to know on your , on your last day off that still have a late night because your not back to work until the afternoon you know . |
| 42 | So we 've been doing that with children as well . |
| 43 | So we have been watching a battle between rival establishments for control of the UK . |
| 44 | I will be very brief but just to welcome the fact that in we have been waiting for nearly fifty years |
| 45 | What I 'd like you to do , is to try and put into words , what the main problems are at the moment , when they occur , where they occur , and how long they 've been going on for ’ . |
| 46 | Well it 's how long they 've been going , I suppose . |
| 47 | Ruth had no idea how long they had been driving when Sean turned the horses off the road on to a narrow side track . |
| 48 | Perhaps they had been discussing me . |
| 49 | I mean when you 're on picket line it 's very depressing it 's very heart breaking unless you get some comedian or something you know it gets er y you do n't know what to do with yourself and perhaps they 'd been taking pots of this paint I 'm not saying . |
| 50 | Perhaps they have been finding our simulated version of you know , to be there early , and to be there late , and sometimes be there Saturday and Sunday as well . |
| 51 | Mm , well obviously they 've been casting bonds and tell judgment |
| 52 | So they 've been working on modifications and this year , oh we will we 'll put the modifications right and then come back with another sales pitch |
| 53 | So they 'd been playing cat and mouse game and er it has n't paid off you know . |
| 54 | So they 'd been talking about it already . |
| 55 | In fact ever since the pair of them started going out together they 've been going on about having to find poor old Jenny a new man . |
| 56 | Apparently it 's been practising that technique , and had a sample of the little thing with it on its road trip last week . |
| 57 | Apparently he had been devising procedural systems for years , but nobody used them and everybody laughed at him . |
| 58 | And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he 's got a he , apparently he 'd been trying for a year and he 's got to Accrington . |
| 59 | Apparently he 'd been telling all the other English teachers about it and now they all wanted their classes to see and hear about Hadwick 's owl . |
| 60 | Well I mean I , apparently he 'd been giving this , this guy stick like all day . |