Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] him [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Woolacombe has been expecting him this age , and not a word from the man to anyone ! ’ |
| 2 | A tradition says that the Emperor 's wife was ill with a disease that baffled the native doctors but the letter which was carried by the Ambassador suggests the true reason ; the Emperor 's sexual ability seems to have been causing him more concern than either his own or his wife 's health as he asked that the physician should bring ‘ some medicines that would provoke the venery ( encourage sexual indulgence ) ’ , in other words , he wanted an aphrodisiac . |
| 3 | That had been choking him this long time gone . |
| 4 | I 've been watching him these past few weeks — spying on him , you might say — and I 've seen how he surrounds himself with cronies . |
| 5 | I 've been giving him half of it . |
| 6 | I think that 's been worrying him more than anything else you know |