Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh what you 've just been hanging around too much . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been noticing how very much roof you have , ’ she said to my mother . |
| 3 | Once he had told her , in a mood of taunting cruelty that sometimes overtook him , that he had been saving up quietly all these years , enough money " to be rid of you for ever " . |
| 4 | It might be my fault , perhaps I 've been rushing around too much cos that affects your milk supply of course . |
| 5 | ‘ This had been going on almost all the time since yesterday , with two German counter attacks on our positions . ’ |
| 6 | Everything had been going so well this time ; leaving Glasgow on Saturday anticipation had been high , Amanda had even been waiting for him on the pavement outside her flat . |
| 7 | I 've been holding back again this passion . |
| 8 | Anyway , all the other young men were away at the war , Gustav must have been spending just about all his time indoors , young love wove its spell and … ‘ ow 's yer father ? ’ |
| 9 | But lately he has been losing rather too many important matches . |
| 10 | And the blinking machines been letting down so much ! |
| 11 | I ge to be honest though erm half the problem 's been I think that it 's been spoiling off so much crap , you know when I was doing those little things |
| 12 | For them the time must have flown by , but for me it seemed as if I 'd been standing out there all morning ! |
| 13 | Everyone said I looked worn out and must have been gadding about too much ! |
| 14 | NEEDLE Gun and Boloardo have the credentials and have been working well enough this Spring to land a Kempton double today for the Clive Brittain-Michael Roberts combination ( writes our Newmarket correspondent ) . |
| 15 | But you 've been working too hard this past while . |
| 16 | Mr Clarke has been indulging in just that himself , putting up the luckless Duncan Nichol , chief executive of the health service , to take the initial flak under the pretence that the dispute is not his direct responsibility . |