Example sentences of "have been [verb] these [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In the vestry and in his bungalow , under the pretext of extra rehearsal , he has been fondling these big brown girls and offering them cigarettes and money for sex . |
2 | The offer was accepted with alacrity and Harry has been writing these little vignettes for the paper ever since . |
3 | She told him her perfume came all the way from Hollywood , in America , where she herself would have been living these last nine years if only Frankie 's birth had not robbed her of the life of glamour and excitement she deserved . |
4 | Jake had been hurling these same insults at her now for years , and by now she ought to be totally immune to them . |
5 | Since we 've been thinking these past few weeks about what Christians believe , the first text would be in the er skeleton outline that we 've been taking in the Apostles ' creed , which says I believe in the Holy Ghost . |
6 | I 've been seeing these funny yellow ones ! |
7 | It 's funny you know , since I 've been having these new cars I see these old cars , what a lot of bloody rubbish on the road , you know ! |
8 | But he added : ‘ That said , I must say I am extremely pessimistic about the future of the plant , given all that I have been hearing these last few days . ’ |
9 | It is very hard to fight like I have been doing these last few months . |