Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] been [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burn had been ploughing that May afternoon and was leading his horses back to the field after his tea . |
| 2 | It was a shirt exactly like the one her singer had been wearing that night , as he swaggered among the women , and whispered ‘ Me quieres ? ’ to them all . |
| 3 | During the last decade evidence has been accumulating that fluid secretion in the small intestine is often evoked via stimulation of the enteric nervous system ( ENS ) . |
| 4 | She 'd found her way to Charlie through another of the contact magazines , back in the days when his wife had been handling that end of the business ; she 'd had to send along a photograph and that had gone a little against the grain — in all of her moonlighting so far , she 'd never let slip so much as her name — but everything had worked out well . |
| 5 | He had a strange sensation that for many minutes he had been holding his breath , though he could n't of course have been doing that . |
| 6 | But in recent years concern has been growing that economic forecasts are not up to the mark . |
| 7 | I hear you say , DTP has been doing that for years Yes — but moving ones ? |
| 8 | This idea of a running commentary is shown on pg 59 where he tells the reader what various characters of the play have been doing that day . |