Example sentences of "been [v-ing] at [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One second I had been speeding at fifty miles an hour along a ribbon of uninterrupted concrete ; the next , to the wide-eyed amusement of a group of policemen standing beside a checkpoint , there was a loud crunch , every shock absorber on the Nissan thudded home to its end-stops and I found myself dead in the water by a pothole large enough to accommodate half Balboa 's army . |
| 2 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 3 | ‘ Considering that we have been looking at 30,000 job losses a year recently , this could be the worst year ever . |
| 4 | Shortly before the February 1992 meeting it had been reported that OPEC production in January had been running at 24,200,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , about 70,000 bpd above the level in December 1991 and the highest levels since the 25,000,000 bpd recorded in 1980 . |
| 5 | That creature must have been travelling at 60 miles per hour . |
| 6 | About 700 men had been working at three pit levels up to 560 metres below the ground , over a 2 sq km area . |