Example sentences of "[adv] been [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Ian Keeping , who diagnosed TB and has since been treating the doctor , said : ‘ The man stopped work immediately and we set about investigations to establish a diagnosis . |
| 2 | The fact that one in five of the complaints were held to be breaches of the code shows that the tobacco companies have perhaps been treating the committee and the issue in a cavalier way . |
| 3 | There 's been no problem matching clients to carers because I 've had a biggish pool to choose from — there 's been about 30 people on the register at any one time — and I 've only been using a maximum of ten at a time . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah , she 's only been driving a year , two years . |
| 5 | She sent him a memo — the usual form of royal communication — but he replied negatively , arguing that it was n't possible as she had only been doing the job for a short time . |
| 6 | FRANCE 's ruling Socialists had long been expecting the deb∘acle . |
| 7 | Indians had long been demanding the return of sacred relics , and both Stanford University and the University of Minnesota had already agreed to release their collections to Indians . |
| 8 | Instead , having been assured that Rick no longer had any violent feelings towards her , she earnestly pleaded that she had long been awaiting an opportunity to return it in person and apologise for causing so much distress . |
| 9 | In 1861 : ‘ I 've long been meditating a novel on insanity , or rather on how one becomes insane . ’ |
| 10 | Clearly he had not been expecting a confrontation . |
| 11 | It was obvious from the way the staring eyes blinked , both Pairs together , that they had not been expecting an answer . |
| 12 | He had not been expecting the change in subject . |
| 13 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I have not been using a dust-pan . ’ |
| 14 | The four tenants had actually been paying their rent , but the landlord had not been using the money to pay off his mortgage . |
| 15 | all you have , all you have to say to him is dad 's back at work , he 's not been using the telly |
| 16 | Over the past 20 years , there has been a growth in the number of these schools , because many parents have felt that governments have not been providing the quality of education once found in grammar schools , and are willing to forgo expensive holidays and luxuries , in order to provide the education they want for their children . |
| 17 | Your worships , those are the circumstances I would ask you to bear in mind that this man a ha , has four summonses against him purely as a result of really ignorance as far as purchasing documents is concerned they were in order and erm he would of produced them had he realised what the officer was saying to him and er , that he would of realised had he not been suffering the shock , but he was actually sufferance suffering at the er at the time of the accident . |
| 18 | They were in order and erm he would have produced them had he realized what the officer was saying to him and er that he would have er realized had he not been suffering the shock that he was actually shuff suffering at the er at the time of the accident . |
| 19 | For some reason , although she had not been doing the cooking , this made Lydia feel like Lucretia Borgia . |
| 20 | I do hope my son has not been making a nuisance of himself . ’ |
| 21 | The pair of them had probably not been having an affair for long — only perhaps after Kemp 's long infatuation with the semi-permanently sozzled Sheila had begun to wear off . |
| 22 | In other words , he had not been attending the kirk . |
| 23 | The motor industry has already been lobbying the Treasury to widen the fuel tax gap further in favour of diesel , partly in the interests of reducing pollution . |
| 24 | Before the coup attempt , commentators had already been expressing the fear that economic decline could exacerbate the conflict inherent within the country 's heterogeneous racial structure . |
| 25 | He had already been doing the job unofficially , and now would be paid for it . |
| 26 | The profession had already been reviewing the role of the pension scheme actuary and this groundwork will be useful in responding to the calls which have been made for the professionals involved in pension funds , including actuaries , to play a stronger role . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've just been posting a letter for poor Mrs. Fanshawe , Sister , ’ she said virtuously . |
| 28 | Funny I 'd just been saying that , just been reading a book allegedly written by erm Uri Geller , you know the |
| 29 | Have just been reading the book of Joel . |
| 30 | But do you feel somebody wanted you to do that or has somebody just been watching the clock on the revivals and the clock 's ticked round to a point in time now ? |