Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jones has a lovely service but he has not been looking good behind a struggling pack . |
| 2 | Some of the horses have been living wild on a hillside overlooking the farm . |
| 3 | ‘ At the time of the murder he appears to have been lying low in a barn near Gainsborough . |
| 4 | It had been lying idle since a Saturday afternoon in October , with begonia tubers in its grass-box and a bundle of yellowing newspapers balanced on its engine . |
| 5 | Cleveland teenager Carrie Gallagher , 13 , who caused concern when she was reported missing from her home in Declarden Road , Pallister Park , Middlesbrough , had been staying overnight with a friend . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's been standing empty for a couple of years . |
| 7 | Lots of inquiries about Foster and Allen they 're coming on the programme later they 've just got number one for the first time with their new video with their new single I do n't know I 'm not quite sure we 'll find out when they get here well they 've just got number one for the first time and they 've been trying hard for a long time . |