Example sentences of "have been [verb] at [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new highly flexible manufacturing line employing leading production technology has been completed at our main plant in Wayne , PA , increasing our capacity to serve customers in both the US and Japan . |
| 2 | For more than two decades now , first one , then another exercise programme has been thrust at us as the answer to all the ills of modern living from heart attacks to stress . |
| 3 | Ron Roddan has been coaching at his club , Thames Valley Harriers , for twenty-nine years , first at the Alperton track in north-west London and later at the West London Stadium . |
| 4 | Petula has been living at her London home this year while Claude has stayed in Geneva . |
| 5 | All this time his friend has been tugging at my shoulder . |
| 6 | Out of sheer perversity , the thinking human seems impelled to say something contrary to whatever received opinion has been yelling at him . |
| 7 | Three of them I recognize , but the whole gang has been grinning at me and clapping me on the back like I was their kid brother pulled out of a scrape . |
| 8 | ‘ Some concern has been voiced at our decision to invite political figures to speak at what is , after all , a historical society , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ She has been falling at my feet since she was a child . ’ |
| 10 | It becomes clear after one has been working at something for several weeks , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that one is not going to achieve what one had hoped for . |
| 11 | The equipment has been installed at his home in Langley Drive , Norton , Malton . |
| 12 | Joanna has been interviewed at her home in Harpenden , Herts , and in a crisis suite at Hemel Hempstead police headquarters , designed to provide a relaxing atmosphere . |
| 13 | There 's some worry about something — either he 's not going to be able to do the work , someone 's going to laugh or has been laughing at him , he does n't think the teacher 's going to understand , and it 's generally a terrible problem first thing in the morning to get him to get ready and get to school . |
| 14 | A major restructuring of the British Toymakers Guild has been recommended at their Annual General Meeting . |
| 15 | He was making her act like a gauche schoolgirl — Aurora Blake , who could hold thousands spellbound with the power of her voice , who could mix happily with kings and commoners — stammering apologetically because a man who had wandered unwanted and uninvited into her garden knew she 'd been looking at him ! |
| 16 | She sat back , munching , face red but eyes twinkling , and with those eyes indicated the two women who 'd been looking at us ; then she raised one finger and pointed first at me , then at her . |
| 17 | For most of the week she 'd been seated at her desk , wading through piles of old G.W. design books , taking notes , making sketches , dashing off diagrams , in an effort to come up with some common thread in the mish-mash of styles that dragged dully across the pages . |
| 18 | Then one day the main guy who 'd been peeking at us turned up and asked if he could take some pictures of us . |
| 19 | After all the incivilities he 'd been hurling at her , he deserved to be put in his place a little ! |
| 20 | After a while she realised she 'd been beating at him with her fists hard enough to hurt and yet he had n't lifted a finger to stop her . |
| 21 | But that was just a hope he 'd been tossing at me for a couple of years without any interest from me . |
| 22 | When she changed schools , however , the maths A level course was different from the one she 'd been following at her old school , but the new teacher expected her to catch up immediately . |
| 23 | it would be the matter that would have been raised at our board meeting and relayed on |
| 24 | It would be unfortunate if you generalized a great deal and delivered a speech which could have been given at anybody 's wedding , when the bride and groom have fascinating family histories . |
| 25 | ‘ Whoever did it must have been aiming at her head but thankfully they missed . |
| 26 | Nottingham Castle may have been put at his disposal but d'Aubigny did not trust our Henry . |
| 27 | He could have been smiling at anyone . |
| 28 | Anyone who has seen Machynlleth station from the town side recently must have been enraged at its condition . |
| 29 | Thinking it must have been aimed at someone else , I glanced behind me . |
| 30 | It is true that marriage is , or may be , a detriment to the plaintiff ; but detriment to the plaintiff is not enough , unless it either be a benefit to the testator , or be treated by the testator as such , by having been suffered at his request . |