Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been ringing all morning but I could n't get any answer . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ They 've been trying all sorts of stuff , ’ said Angalo . |
| 3 | no , you s I 've been trying all morning . |
| 4 | I 've been coughing all night ! |
| 5 | I says , I 've been coughing all night . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been calling all afternoon , ’ he told her , ‘ There 's a faculty dinner . |
| 7 | Or , I 've been scrubbing all morning and they wo n't come any cleaner . |
| 8 | I 'm doing what I 've been doing all week really . |
| 9 | I 've been doin' all sorts of jobs since then , and livin' in all sorts of lodgings , and now I 've been chucked out of me last place because I did n't 'ave any job or any money . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been working all night and I 'm worn out . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been working all night to get our ricks covered . |
| 12 | That 's why the windows of the houses are so small — so that they do n't have to see where they 've been working all day long . |
| 13 | I need to know that it 's necessary to remove all those trees I 've been told all sorts of things like they 're in pots and they 'll become pot bound they 're growing outwards they might fall down they might fracture mains they block off the er view of the church well I think they 're a nice asset in the city centre . |
| 14 | I 've been wondering all day whether or not to own up to this . |
| 15 | The six men and six women have been questioned all day by detectives : |
| 16 | Newcastle though have been flying all season … on top of the table since September they 've lost just one of their last ten league games … some thought they were beginning to slip … five goals against Brentford last weekend proved that Kevin Keegan 's team are still the ones to beat … |
| 17 | Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team … |
| 18 | Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team … |
| 19 | Could it be that some machines have been neglected all summer ? |
| 20 | When Jesus appeared after his resurrection to his disciples in Galilee , he told them , ‘ I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth . ’ |
| 21 | I have been plotting all morning how to get you back again . |
| 22 | Then worries rush into her consciousness , as into his , like clamorous patients who have been waiting all night for the doctor 's surgery to open ; but she deals with them in a rational , orderly manner . |
| 23 | It 's just that you have been waiting all afternoon for it to arrive and now have little choice but to try and bludgeon your way through the waves of cover tacklers . |
| 24 | Until these issues have been resolved all patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy should be regarded as at risk of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism . |
| 25 | For months , American executives have been reviewing all aspects of the airline for cost savings . |