Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [been] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , as he has been living out of a suitcase now for 20 years , he can be forgiven for feeling battle weary . |
| 2 | Since February he has been snapping up American commercial property . |
| 3 | He has been traipsing about , explaining to staff the joys of privatisation which await them . |
| 4 | BRISTOL CITY striker Andy Cole yesterday denied that he has been holding back since the club rejected a £600,000 offer from Nottingham Forest . |
| 5 | Craftsman Dale appears , streaked in oil , from the depths of the engine compartment Where he has been tightening up a mounting bolt . |
| 6 | At length , the passage he has been stooping along opens out somewhat into a low chamber : he has come to the shrine of a goddess . |
| 7 | ‘ He has been jumping around with all the other children in the ward . ’ |
| 8 | How is he to measure it against ‘ Look before you leap ’ , ‘ Care for your parents ’ , and such other imperatives as he has been picking up on the way ? |
| 9 | The Dark Ones are demanding , but he has been bearing up remarkably . |
| 10 | I WOULD like to say how much I have enjoyed listening to former Labour leader Neil Kinnock , right , while he has been standing in for Jimmy Young on Radio 2 . |
| 11 | Now at 16 Steven has a steady girlfriend of 15 , who he has been going out with for several months . |
| 12 | Human Touch is the album he has been working on for several years and Lucky Town a set of songs he quickly wrote and recorded at home recently , and though the tone of the two records does n't differ that much , the second set of songs are far better . |
| 13 | He looks wonderful ; prison has fattened him and his cheeks are pink and shiny , as though he has been working out of doors . |
| 14 | ‘ He has been crying out for support for ages , and I am sure that this new opportunity is just what he is looking for . ’ |
| 15 | He was not right after the race and did not appear again all season but I like the way he has been stretching out and he could win here before making his mark in middle distance Group company . |
| 16 | As for Dieter Sims , I do n't know much about him except that he 's been building up the East German unit under Husband 's wing . |
| 17 | For the last year he 's been setting out his story in his autobiography , a glimpse into decision making during operations like Desert Storm and an insight to his personal life . |
| 18 | He 's been rattling on about people bemoaning the passing of Trevino and Palmer , saying there are no characters left , merely machine-like robots who take five minutes to select a club , 10 minutes to line up a putt , and five-and-a-half hours to complete a round . |
| 19 | And he 's been hanging around there ever since . |
| 20 | All right , I 'm , I 'm never speaking to you again because ever since you dumped him he 's been hanging around with us and he 's pissing me off ! |
| 21 | But I do n't know that actually killing a man because he 's been touching up the boys would altogether hang together as a motive . ’ |
| 22 | But he 's been saving up . |
| 23 | ‘ Resistance probably undermined by this hot climate you tell me he 's been living in . |
| 24 | ‘ I would if I could — but he 's been flying back and forth to Australia like a damned Yo-Yo ! |
| 25 | I looked at his ball lying there and I thought , ‘ Well , I know he 's been getting up and down from bunkers all week , that 's one of his great strengths , but he 's going to have to work hard here . ’ |
| 26 | But if you just looked at the work he 's been churning out lately , without knowing anything about his business activities , you 'd wonder what had happened to him . |
| 27 | Women like the fact that he looks like he 's been rolling around in hay . |
| 28 | Right , I just thought the Chair would like to thank Councillor for the immense amount of work I know that he 's been putting in over certain things that have been going on lately and I now take councillors ' questions if any of you got any for me . |
| 29 | He 's been standing up he 's been standing up there |
| 30 | He 's been standing up he 's been standing up there |