Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] it [art] " in BNC.
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1 | OK , so perhaps she 'd been pushing it a little ! |
2 | But er , I was giving this er I 'd been giving it a stroke , and er it 's sort of dying to be fussed , but I do n't think they give it any attention across there . |
3 | this boy who 'd been doing it a few years . |
4 | I 've been feeding it a goodly amount of quinine and aspirin in the night to keep it from going hungry . " |
5 | I 've got two thirds of back and I 've been doing it a month . |
6 | ‘ I 've been giving it a lot of thought , ’ he says slowly , chewing on the pipe , and smoothing the glossy black hair above the drooping face . |
7 | I 've been giving it a great deal of thought myself in recent weeks . |
8 | ‘ No , but I 've been giving it a lot of thought , and it seems to me that the person who fits the bill is … ’ |
9 | But Aldi says it has had trouble : the Office of Fair Trading is investigating Aldi 's claim that suppliers , frightened of affronting their main customers , have been giving it the cold shoulder . |