Example sentences of "[vb base] they [verb] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only when you stop scanning the horizon for monumental shapes that you realise they have been looming unnoticed in the foreground all along . |
| 2 | ‘ In a fairy story one of them would ride up to the avenue here on a white horse and say they 'd been wanting you as part of their lives for years , ’ Benny said . |
| 3 | Three tenants in the house say they 'd been paying £120 a week rent to their landlord , a Mr Vincent Cox . |
| 4 | Tenants in a house at Brockworth near Gloucester , who say they 've been paying rent for six months , barracaded themselves in when they heard they were being evicted because their landlord had defaulted on his mortgage . |
| 5 | Friends say they had been looking forward to the holiday for months . |
| 6 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 7 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 8 | ‘ They all live in the Sydenham , Inverary Park , Holywood Road , and Garnerville area and say they have been feeling very unwell . |
| 9 | Erm I think it 's somewhere down near where the Road police station is now , and erm you know they had been hoping to get premises down there . |
| 10 | I know they 've been writing them . |
| 11 | ‘ I know they 've been questioning Mr Willard but he was the one who found her . ’ |
| 12 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 13 | I know they 've been pulling a lot out |
| 14 | Suppose they had been having an affair , and she 'd dropped him ? ’ |
| 15 | For those who love Churchill partly because of his warts and feel they have been waiting too long to hear the case for the prosecution put eloquently and with impeccable soundness , ‘ it is a delight ’ . ’ |
| 16 | But officials deny they 've been keeping their proposals under wraps . |
| 17 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 18 | ‘ I think they 've been watching me to see what I eat . |
| 19 | Time flows strangely and travellers become lost for years although they think they have been walking only hours . |
| 20 | But they 've they 've been doing that since er last century . |
| 21 | P.P.S I see they 've been feeding Mark H on the raw meat again : - ) ) ) How did ‘ Antiscum United ’ go on over the weekend by the way ? ? |