Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [adv prt] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Production had been building up at Courtaulds ' $85 million plant near Mobile , Alabama , since June , 1992 . |
| 2 | Before his last throw of the dice he had been hanging on at Etten in hopes of a visit from Mauve , who had half promised to come and initiate him into ‘ the mysteries of the palette ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ By the look of what 's on the meter some sucker 's been driving around at ground level . |
| 4 | ‘ Someone 's been splashing out at Woolworths , ’ said O'Hara , tapping with his hook at the pearls . |
| 5 | In 1940 U.556 had been fitting out at Hamburg at the same quay as the Bismarck and in return for borrowing Bismarck 's band for her commissioning ceremony , Wohlfarth , who was a skilled cartoonist , prepared a document , charred at the edges to show its age , whereby U.556 would ‘ adopt ’ Bismarck ( as towns in Germany and England then were adopting warships ) and protect her from harm in all the oceans , seas , lakes , ponds , puddles of the world . |
| 6 | Shipbuilding for the Royal Navy has been going on at Lairds since the 1830s . |
| 7 | A devolution of power had also been going on at home and all our policy must take account of it . |
| 8 | Now it 's all hands to the deck for the close friends as they knuckle down to bring back the sparkle that has been missing down at Hamilton Park for the past few seasons . |
| 9 | While Horsley had been cavorting about at Oxford , he had been on the first rung of an entirely different social ladder , as a solicitor 's clerk . |