Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] someone have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OOH-ER , looks like someone 's been trying a spot of stunt driving that led to a Mini being made even mini-er against a thick brick wall . |
| 2 | ‘ The figures mean that someone has been defrauding the company and it was n't Craig Grenfell because if you look at the dates you 'll see that the fiddling went on even when Craig was in prison . ’ |
| 3 | Booking into the hotel for another night , Kelly was told that someone had been trying to call her . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry , cariad , ’ he said wearily , sinking into a chair , ‘ I 've done my best to keep things going but someone has been poaching my customers . |
| 5 | But they adamantly refused to listen when I insisted that someone had been trying to kill me . |
| 6 | It looked like someone had been drinking and eating bread , ’ said Rojas . |