Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [v-ing] in a " in BNC.
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1 | Then when you stop dieting , the body , which has been acting in a kind of starvation mode , finds that it has become used to its new BMR and requires less calories to function . |
2 | He has been living in a succession of ANC havens . |
3 | Peter Harris who has cancer had been told last month he only had weeks to live and has been staying in a hospice . |
4 | Another man has been existing in a tiny cell in Georgia for 20 years — waiting to die . |
5 | He has been swimming in a pool somewhere , I said to myself . |
6 | I hope your mind has been working in an expansive way and that you have thought more about your future . |
7 | HOPES were fading last night for an Anglesey man who has been missing in an Alaskan wilderness for five days . |
8 | Hamlet the out-of-work thespian pig has been appearing in a weekly strip in ‘ The Stage ’ since 1988 . |
9 | Since a family row three weeks ago , Robert Taylor , 18 , has been sleeping in a field off the A167 near Newton Aycliffe . |
10 | Lasagna explains : ‘ The West has been behaving in a miserly way towards the Russians . |
11 | ‘ Ellison has been playing in a central midfield role for the youth team . |
12 | And they give a , though she 's not being like , really cheeky , it 's because she 's been living in a culture for four years , where that 's the way they , they sell and buy . |
13 | Cos he 's a he 's a conservati , he 's been acting in a lot of conservative party for the past thirteen years ! |
14 | Ever since , for nearly two months , it 's been sitting in a garage . |
15 | Now , if your dog 's been behaving in an unusual way , do n't despair , you can now call in the experts . |