Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] been [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've just been given some great news . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've just been brewing some coffee — I expect you 'd like a cup . |
| 3 | All right I 've just been making some notes here . |
| 4 | I 've had some packed lunches which were perfect , but I 've also been sold some horrors . |
| 5 | I 've actually I 've actually been doing some arithmetic while you were talking |
| 6 | Enlightened dry-fly anglers , too , have already been taking some tremendous catches with it and it will surely prove devastating for dapping , the earliest form of fly fishing , a method still used extensively in Ireland at certain times of year . |
| 7 | Thanks so very much for getting me Bloomfield 's annotated NT , vol I. I 'm delighted to have it , and have just been spending some time revisiting a few cruces to see what explanations are offered . |
| 8 | This more psychoanalytical explanation may seem far-fetched , but it is important to realize that feline terms have often been given some sort of sexual connotation ( sex kittens , pussy as slang for female genitals , and cathouse for brothel ) . |