Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] 's been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No but I mean , I do n't mean wh I do n't mean where he 's been working for the corporation , I mean before when he 's had these various jobs and they 've finished and he 's had , you know , the job 's finished and they 've had to go somewhere . |
| 2 | He spotted your sign , ’ Vitor said , with a nod towards it , ‘ so he 's been speaking to the locals and asking a few questions . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm just wondering why , cos someone 's been dealing with that |
| 4 | But er but er yeah , so but like , she 's been saying to me cos she 's been thinking about whether she is or not she er she 's been like like everywhere there 's babys and prams and everywhe , on the telly and everything , do you know what I mean ? |
| 5 | if it 's been standing on the floor though , only the top leaves would , I do n't know what to do about having it there though , that 's right above the radiator , it 'll dry it out that 's , that 's why I said |
| 6 | He 'll never let you get away with anything in a ward even if he 's been pining with unrequited love for your aunt for God knows how many years . ’ |
| 7 | Now with this one the one we 've just done you do n't really know how far to go I mean I might have been going to ask erm how long has he been travelling if he 's been riding for a thousand hours . |
| 8 | Erm , if he 's been going to er , erm , in the unlikely , er , twelve months , that it 's unlikely that he 's going to have more than twelve months to live . |
| 9 | If he 's been travelling for for zero hours , how far has he gone ? |
| 10 | Erm if he 's another easy one is if he 's been travelling for one hour how far has he gone ? |
| 11 | And if he 's been travelling for ten hours , how far 's he gone ? |
| 12 | And now you can ask I can sort of ask you questions on it like if he 's been travelling for let's say If he 's if he 's covered sixty miles how long has he been riding for ? |
| 13 | Well , to be honest , it seems to , I Peter 's got the details cos he 's been talking to er , the public health clerk . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | you can guarantee it she goes to shops about eleven o'clock , she do n't come back till one because she 's been talking on shops , that 's her routine you know ? |
| 16 | Everyone thought Pratesi was the buyer because he 's been talking for years about building a bigger place , rearing his own pigs and growing his own feed . |
| 17 | because it 's been going on a long time . |
| 18 | The clients expect and understand that quite well now , because it 's been happening for about two or three years . |
| 19 | But why , when she 's been playing for so long , has millions in the bank and leads a very active life outside the tour , does she still have the desire to compete ? |
| 20 | Now when it 's been travelling for three hours it goes through Manchester . |
| 21 | Okay and when it 's been travelling for five hours it goes through erm what 's another station up there ? let's say Carlisle something like that . |
| 22 | And when it 's been travelling for seven hours it gets into Glasgow . |
| 23 | Now we 've got three points there it 's probably they they give you four here so we 'll do another one erm , when he 's been travelling for five hours how far 's he gone ? |
| 24 | Even though he 's been travelling around the world , he 's kept up with what 's going on back home . |