Example sentences of "been following [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The rest of the afternoon had been more or less normal for the time of year except that Ted had been following Pete around for most of it , trying to pump him for details of what had happened between him and Diane Jackson . |
2 | I think my parents were rather surprised at my reaction , because I was their first child and they had been following child development textbooks that said that children ought to start making social relationships at two . |
3 | Coun Williams said he had merely been following council policy . |
4 | Barbara , you wrote an article in the Times about all of this , you 've been following Elton John 's comings and goings in the court , what did you think |
5 | Incidentally , I have been following Bruce Tulloh 's programme for the London Marathon . |
6 | As the only bridesmaid , she had been following Liz up the aisle of the small country church , nervously clutching her bouquet of trailing greenery and praying that she would n't make the awful mistake of treading on the long train of Liz 's wedding dress . |
7 | Our Political Reporter Rae Stewart has been following events . |
8 | Richard Howell of Sheppards , the London stockbrokers , has been following tea and plantation shares for 20 years . |