Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [verb] a lot [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | One approach that has been given a lot of importance is distinctive feature analysis , which is based on the principle that phonemes should be regarded not as independent and indivisible units , but instead as combinations of different features . |
2 | 2.35 : Public works section arrive to repair a fence which has been causing a lot of problems . |
3 | The Open Software Foundation is trying to figure out how to import object orientation into its Distributed Computing Environment , but is having trouble getting a handle on it , although part of its problem is thought to be attitudinal : it desperately needs an architectural and communications model and has been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk . |
4 | The UK , Cambridge-based Olivetti Research Laboratory , ORL , funded jointly by Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA and DEC , has been doing a lot of work on the so-called ‘ active badge ’ technology — infra-red location devices linked to computer and telephone systems . |
5 | So Keith has been doing a lot of work erm and putting on a database information about office traffic , Y T occupancy , |
6 | That 's the thing , the thing is like , and like er , he 's Billy 's been given a lot of scope though , erm , to just go out and do his own thing and he thinks like a , as a , I was speaking to like his er course tutor and it is erm Councillor and Katie was saying that Billy thinks that because he 's got , he 's got this , this wee job now that like , he 's er he 's the street cred you know , he 's cool . |
7 | Somebody 's been eating a lot of those have n't they ? |
8 | I said somebody 's been eating a lot of those . |
9 | It 's been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk . |
10 | I know Meredith Putt 's been doing a lot of talking about the railway , but I did n't know it was on its way . ’ |
11 | ‘ Thessy says he 's been offered a lot of money for a charter ? ’ |
12 | Yes , yes well we ca n't talk you see , we do n't know , we do n't know what 's happening , but she 's been suffering a lot with her back just now and she put that off you know that because she 's not attending the meetings , she ca n't sit , and if she comes to the meetings she ca n't sit down , she stands up , props herself against the wall and stand up right at the back so , we do n't know you see |
13 | This one 's been used a lot of times . |
14 | ‘ He 's been spending a lot of time round here . |
15 | Possibly at the church house , where , as you know , he 's been spending a lot of time recently . ’ |