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Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The road that they have created I think is having a damaging effect on the team and is making it more difficult for us to get the results .
2	Incidentally , I 've been using a better copy of PagePlus 2 ( due to be launched in March ) and I have to say I 'm very impressed .
3	As a project engineer , I 've been using a similar document for about the last six months .
4	Well but I mean , Brian was saying himself you know he ca n't remember at least he 's says he 's been working down London when he has n't been earning a hundred pound a day you know , it 's something , we just accepted it , he said over the years I 've been earning a hundred pound a day he says , and that was it you know yo yo just do .
5	I 've been dating a wonderful chick for two years now but she 's just too frigid , sex is out of the question so one night I masturbated and pulled too hard on the sensitive part of my penis , now the tissues around the foreskin are swollen and septic but I 'm too distressed and embarrassed to see a doctor and my f girlfriend wants nothing to do with me , I find it hard to urinate what can I do ?
6	‘ I 've been hearing a few things about this boy that s come to live at Beech Place .
7	We 've been getting a wee bit of light in now in the mornings , eh ?
8	yes , yes , she 'll just have an or orange when I came out , she 's been , I 've been getting a few of those , it seems to help a bit
9	‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled .
10	‘ Sounds as if you 've been making a few plans , Mr Calder ! ’
11	Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew .
12	, so we 've been doing a few need a good wash
13	But I often find myself being far less nervous than the artists I 'm supporting , because I 'm so used to gigging ; I 've been doing a steady diet of around four gigs a week to support myself for many years , whereas they make an album then go out on tour every two years . ’
14	I 've been designing a new collection . ’
15	I 've been employing a similar battle plan in slightly different circumstances and I 've scored at least one tactical victory .
16	I 've been feeling a wee bit sick .
17	I 've been feeling a wee bit
18	‘ I 've been driving a great deal in the States but it was either a Packard or a Studebaker . ’
19	I mean , if I 'd thought there was something really wrong , I 'd have seen that you stayed at home — this makes me feel I 've been driving a sick horse or something "
20	‘ I 've been running three or four miles every day for a week , and using a trampoline at home to build up my fitness , and I 've been keeping a close eye on what I eat .
21	I 've been paying a full stamp since nineteen seventy four .
22	Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks .
23	‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly .
24	I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns .
25	‘ I feel , ’ he said , ‘ as if I 've been waiting a hundred years for you . ’
26	I 've been having a mad one have n't I ?
27	When you 've been having a few beers , and clowning around having a bit of a larf , and then you go onstage and sing earnest , sensitive songs full of emotion and heartbreak and loneliness , do you ever feel like fakes ?
28	For over a year now we 've been running a major initiative which is a systematic review of all our Sainsburys brand packaging to see where we can minimise the use of materials , but still allow the packaging to do the job of protecting the product and preserving it .
29	They 've been restoring a battered old narrowboat .
30	I have been trying a new range of foods from OSI , an American company with a good reputation in the States , which manufactures a massive range of both freshwater and marine food products .