Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in recent years concern has been growing that economic forecasts are not up to the mark . |
| 2 | She 'd worn slacks all through rehearsals and the only other times he 'd seen her she 'd been wearing that dreary suit . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd been planning that very thing . ’ |
| 4 | In actual fact , Fabia had been wondering that selfsame thing herself . |
| 5 | He had been performing that little number when these kids were wetting their diapers . |
| 6 | Me , I 've been doing that all my life . ’ |
| 7 | So what they 've done is they 've picked a way of doing but they kept chopping and changing the way they 've been doing that all the time . |
| 8 | You think you 're exhausted after a days work imagine if you 've been doing that all day long , shouting |
| 9 | I 've been requesting that small courtesy for weeks ! |
| 10 | I know you 've been investigating that horrible Martin man , even though you 've tried to keep it quiet , so here you are . ’ |
| 11 | Recently we have been learning that young animals , puppy dogs , even a giraffe , brought up exclusively by humans will be unable later on to identify themselves or establish emotional contact with their own species . |