Example sentences of "been [v-ing] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animals have been recovering at a wildlife sanctuary , and are now well enough to be moved into a purpose built set . |
| 2 | The animals had been recovering at a wildlife sanctuary , and were ready to go back into the wild . |
| 3 | Toy soldier enthusiasts have been gathering at an auction to try and pick up some bargains . |
| 4 | 250 officers and men from the Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Engineers , already equipped with their familiar United Nations blue berets , have been gathering at the Army 's Air Movement Centre at South Cerney in Gloucestershire . |
| 5 | Jane had indeed been hinting at the opportunity for her husband 's murder , but she could not admit as much . |
| 6 | Thus Castro was in dire need of a Soviet commitment to preserve his revolution , and in a speech given to the United Nations on 26 September 1960 the Cuban leader may have been hinting at the price he might have been willing to pay when he said , ‘ We understand how terrible the subordination of the economy and life in general of nations to foreign economic power is . |
| 7 | We 've been knocking at the door in four defeats . |
| 8 | While Jessica and Karen had been helping with the salmon mousse , the dark-eyed alien had been lurking at the gate … |
| 9 | ‘ Not only has Drayton Asia 's investment performance been disappointing , its share price has been trading at a discount to net asset value ranging from 26.8 per cent to 9.7 per cent during the year to 10 February . |
| 10 | The advice it received from the firm was to bring its loans up to date , in particular the $18m credit line it had given to UMF which , PW noted , had consistently been trading at a loss . |
| 11 | Rabbit has been trading at a loss — last year , net losses amounted to $2.6m , down from $3.3m losses in the previous year , on revenues down 20% at just under $7m ; for the first quarter of this year , losses were reduced to $248,000 , from $800,000 , on sales down 13% at $1.6m . |
| 12 | More importantly , any disclosures made in relation to this warranty will highlight fairly accurately whether the Business has been trading at a loss since the Balance Sheet Date — which if true might seriously affect the Purchaser 's willingness to buy the Business . |
| 13 | The number of workers on the land has been shrinking at the rate of nearly 20000 per year , although this has not occurred in a completely uniform fashion . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sorry I 'm late , sir , ’ he said , ‘ but terrible things have been happening at the dairy . |
| 15 | Their models have been evolving as circumstances have changed and explain much of what has been happening at the level of the industry , but say little about the behaviour of individual firms . |
| 16 | As she slowly regained strength , Julia began to be able to think of things beyond her own physical state , and whenever David came to see her she urged him to tell her what had been happening at the trial . |
| 17 | There were also significant correlations with the actual accident statistics , r(1064)=0.142 , average weekday traffic flow , r(1064)=0.236 , accident estimate , r(1064)=0.278 , the time spent at the junction , r(1064)=0.246 , the number of vehicles visible in the film , r(1064)=0.201 , and the average speed at the junction , r(1064)=-0.118 , all of which are to a large degree measures of how much would actually have been happening at the junction . |
| 18 | ‘ Before I burst through that door , I 'd been listening at the window — I distinctly recall that he was refusing to say anything really damning . |
| 19 | ‘ Have you been listening at the door , Edgar ? ’ asked Catherine coldly . |
| 20 | Robert could not have said why , but he had the strong impression that the engineering master , too , had been listening at the door . |
| 21 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
| 22 | of the people had been smoking at the meeting . |
| 23 | In fact I have just been looking at a place in South Audley Street , not far from Mattli . |
| 24 | But C&P 's Hexaplas technology service department had been looking at the possibility of recycling flexible PVC . |
| 25 | So far we have been looking at the type of grave-clothes provided for the very wealthy . |
| 26 | All the dealers who habitually haunt Sothebys salerooms have been looking at the furniture and glassware and silver . |
| 27 | One thing which is immediately apparent here is that the designers have been looking at the Music Man and Chandler ranges for their inspiration . |
| 28 | AS a third part of a nanny share I have been looking at the law and the availability of Liability Insurance . |
| 29 | Thus far I have , in the main , been looking at the problem in the context of a conflict between parents and the minor , either the minor consenting and the parents refusing consent or the minor refusing consent and the parents giving it . |
| 30 | " I 've been looking at the cat in your window . " |