Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She will know , furthermore , of the furore brewing in every pub and office in the land , ever since Allan Lamb , who plays for England , bravely explained to my colleagues what Wasim and Whacker — sorry , Waqar — have been getting up to . |
| 2 | All those who have been sticking religiously to their macrobiotic diet sheets while dreaming wistfully of soft boiled eggs and buttered soldiers can probably breathe again ( but watch this space ) . |
| 3 | They have been taking up to 100,000 salmon and sea-trout a year and probably many more if the truth were known . |
| 4 | I felt really devastated that we lost and for that reason I have been looking forward to playing in this event again . ’ |
| 5 | You 're sixty-one and have been looking forward to retirement . |
| 6 | Looking immaculate in a bright red suit she said : ‘ I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time and I am glad to have been a part of it . ’ |
| 7 | Oh , I have been looking forward to this evening … ’ |
| 8 | It so happens Kelly and I have been looking forward to this weekend , and I guarantee that men will play no part in it at all . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I have been looking forward to her visit for weeks and was very excited when I met her . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I have been looking forward to her visit for weeks and was very excited when I met her . |
| 11 | It is a game I have been looking forward to for some time . |
| 12 | We have been looking forward to it for a long time , ’ said one oilman . |
| 13 | I have been listening in to the E-Mail for some weeks , and in fact even coming in on weekend to pick up the results and comments . |
| 14 | Since then , police have been listening in to the frequency used by the gang . |
| 15 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 16 | Contrary to reports of declining sales , there have even been rises in circulation , readership and ad revenue ( slowly , but surely , the agencies have been coming round to Punch 's point-of-view ) . |
| 17 | They have been contributing generously to the upkeep of the 800 mosques in Britain ; all they ask in return is a say over the appointment of the imam . |
| 18 | Reared on The Eagles and James Taylor among others , the baby-boomers have been turning instead to country . |
| 19 | Torrent and Pastoral have been giving up to 7.5t/ha ( 3t/acre ) , says Nick Matthews of Chichester merchant Bartholomews . |
| 20 | Do not simply give a list of the work you have been doing up to date but show how the experience you have gained in the other job has directly fitted you to do the new one . |
| 21 | For this I gave them about 30p , which is rather a lot , & since then they have been running up to me when they see me , offering to polish up my briefcase etc . |