Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [verb] a lot of " 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 | This one 's been used a lot of times . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's been spending a lot of time round here . |
| 14 | Possibly at the church house , where , as you know , he 's been spending a lot of time recently . ’ |