Example sentences of "[adv] have been [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Long has been doing it for years in his site-related stone works — three of which , based on materials gathered in the states of New York and New Jersey — can be seen until 13 March at 65 Thompson St. And surely there is a kind of nostalgie de la boue in the drawings he makes using ordinary mud as the medium . |
| 2 | Even if it 's true that I would have gone to prison to protect somebody else or make some dubious point about the freedom of the press , I know I 'd only have been doing it to make myself look good . |
| 3 | Perhaps he knew D'Arcy well enough to have been expecting it . |
| 4 | ( GUIL meanwhile has been resuming his own theme — looking out over the audience ) Free to move , speak , extemporise , and yet . |
| 5 | Littlewoods , meanwhile has been gathering its forces and is poised for a comeback . |
| 6 | You will probably have been giving your elderly parent emotional support all the way through the anxiety of her husband 's terminal illness , unless his death was sudden and unexpected . |
| 7 | His increasing literary output must also have been making him and his views known to the public . |
| 8 | No , what she found so overwhelmingly infuriating was that when he had enquired tactfully , some might say , whether she was tired , he clearly had been expecting her to say a polite ‘ yes ’ so that he could then suggest that she had an early night . |
| 9 | Celebrities also have been voicing their opinions of the end to the ‘ fairytale romance ’ . |
| 10 | For a shocked second she was very aware that this was the mouth that only hours before had been kissing her , making her feel things she had never felt . |
| 11 | As she looked in her cupboard , trying to control her rising temper , she realised she really had been neglecting her wardrobe — well , certain aspects of it , she told herself as she pushed the smart business suits to one side . |
| 12 | So , did you , should you have really have been helping them ? |
| 13 | ‘ I really have been trying my best — ’ |
| 14 | Far from ‘ letting me down ’ , the methods I had adopted from the Centre may well have been helping me . |
| 15 | Though she was completely covered she might just as well have been wearing nothing at all . |
| 16 | We could all equally well have been doing something else with those months of our lives , such as making a programme for Thames or decorating our front rooms . |
| 17 | She could just as well have been arranging my funeral for all the co-operation I offered her . |
| 18 | His tone of voice was so bland that he might as well have been asking my opinion of Wavebreaker 's sea-keeping qualities . |
| 19 | perhaps the Company 's lack of comment on its own future , which must increasingly have been worrying them at the turn of the century . |
| 20 | What would Miss Henry say if she could see her now — Miss Henry , who only an hour ago had been exhorting her to cultivate dignity and repose ! |
| 21 | The last thing I heard you say before I left the receiver to its own devices was something like ‘ Some of us here have been reading your books … ’ |
| 22 | Who else has been planning anything , or thinking ahead at all ? |
| 23 | Because they 've always let's be fair they 've always been around so somebody else has been doing them . |
| 24 | She had established the fact that the real Delia Forbes was in Australia and that for the past few weeks someone else had been using her name and address ; because of her desperate desire to help Barney she had leapt to conclusions which could be hopelessly wide of the mark . |
| 25 | ‘ The examination season is now under way and Christopher would certainly have been sitting them . |