Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened a bottle of champagne and before she had a chance to realise what was happening they had been making love . |
| 2 | She was fleetingly reminded of Shildon insisting they walked singly into the newsroom so no one should know they had been talking together . |
| 3 | Halfway through the letter , Bruno said in German : ‘ Ah , he is a major in their Army , ’ and then smiled hastily at Maxim because he had forgotten they had been speaking German earlier . |
| 4 | One reason I was disappointed is because what it says in these minutes , Robert 's people reported they 'd been speaking to the R and Abbey Leisure Service in London that had been considerable interest in the Edinburgh Festival Programme and in everything |
| 5 | It is only when you stop scanning the horizon for monumental shapes that you realise they have been looming unnoticed in the foreground all along . |
| 6 | ‘ In a fairy story one of them would ride up to the avenue here on a white horse and say they 'd been wanting you as part of their lives for years , ’ Benny said . |
| 7 | Three tenants in the house say they 'd been paying £120 a week rent to their landlord , a Mr Vincent Cox . |
| 8 | Tenants in a house at Brockworth near Gloucester , who say they 've been paying rent for six months , barracaded themselves in when they heard they were being evicted because their landlord had defaulted on his mortgage . |
| 9 | Friends say they had been looking forward to the holiday for months . |
| 10 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 11 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 12 | ‘ They all live in the Sydenham , Inverary Park , Holywood Road , and Garnerville area and say they have been feeling very unwell . |
| 13 | Mrs Draper says they 've been trying to get a larger home for years . |
| 14 | Their bodies were contorted and you could see they had been trying to protect their faces with their hands . ’ |
| 15 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 16 | Byrne reckons they 've been playing brill recently and are just waiting for a chance like this — but he was talking before they got turned over 0–3 by the makems last night . |
| 17 | Erm I think it 's somewhere down near where the Road police station is now , and erm you know they had been hoping to get premises down there . |
| 18 | I know they 've been writing them . |
| 19 | ‘ I know they 've been questioning Mr Willard but he was the one who found her . ’ |
| 20 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 21 | I know they 've been pulling a lot out |
| 22 | Suppose they had been having an affair , and she 'd dropped him ? ’ |
| 23 | Oxford ca n't grumble they 've been winning for 15 years … its Cambridge 's turn but Oxford will be back on top next year |
| 24 | For those who love Churchill partly because of his warts and feel they have been waiting too long to hear the case for the prosecution put eloquently and with impeccable soundness , ‘ it is a delight ’ . ’ |
| 25 | But officials deny they 've been keeping their proposals under wraps . |
| 26 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 27 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 28 | This may mean they have been going together for as little time as a few weeks , and a relationship of more than a month or two may be regarded as serious . |
| 29 | But ever since you 've gone they 've been conspiring against me , plotting , and — ’ |
| 30 | After three weeks of intense work and numerous rejected ideas the creative team of copywriter Liz Whiston and art director Dave Shelton felt they had been trying to solve one of humanity 's great challenges . |