Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] been [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has it been going this lesson ? |
| 2 | As he followed her from the room , he said , ‘ Has he been using any new chemicals ? ’ |
| 3 | Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer . |
| 4 | How long had I been doing this without a break ? |
| 5 | Had she been expecting any apology , though , Fabia realised then that she would have been disappointed for , ‘ Hrm , ’ was all he grunted , and , handing the letter back , he scrutinised her with a hard look , and Fabia had the feeling that he thought that she was the one in the wrong ! |
| 6 | How long had you been doing that ? " |
| 7 | What had you been doing that day ? |
| 8 | exactly , but why wait until nineteen eighty eight to discover that , how long had you been doing these estimates for ? , how many years have you been doing ? |
| 9 | What had you been going that day ? |
| 10 | What 've you been doing all day today ? . |
| 11 | What had we been doing all these years if not promoting fitness , well-being , stamina , strength , and mobility ? |
| 12 | Had they been discussing any other evening he would not have been nearly so competent but the murder pinpointed the day . |
| 13 | Had he been facing any of the big cat family , with their formidable armoury of fang , claw , power and speed , he would , for all his martial arts training , have been in with very little chance of survival , let alone victory . |
| 14 | Have I been breaking that ? |
| 15 | ‘ And how have I been spending this summer ? |
| 16 | Have you been eating this cake ? |
| 17 | Have you been drawing this one ? |
| 18 | Have you been watching that gardening programme ? |
| 19 | well because there was three of us we went , it was seven hundred and one , like , their go , first bloke got a hundred and eighty , next one got a hundred and forty , this one got a hundred and twenty and me and Matt got about forty each and Rick and we were stuffed just bit , have you been watching any of the darts ? dead interesting |
| 20 | Have you , have you been getting any strange looks or have n't you noticed ? |
| 21 | Have you been using that the whole day ? |
| 22 | ‘ How many terms have you been training that cat , Mildred ? ’ said Miss Hardbroom . |
| 23 | Have you been screwing that |
| 24 | And have you been taking that for quite a while ? |
| 25 | Have you been filling that book in as you 've been erm |
| 26 | ‘ Hmm , ’ said Marcus , ‘ Have you been moving these pieces about when I was n't looking ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ What have you been studying this morning then , eh ? ’ |
| 28 | What have you been doing all day — walking round with the Michelin , looking at churches ? ’ |
| 29 | He said , What have you been doing all this time ? |
| 30 | How long have you been doing all this ? |