Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MILLWALL defender Colin Cooper showed why Nottingham Forest have been pursuing him with a fine display in their 2–1 win at DERBY . |
| 2 | Worse , Riley had been chiding him for not providing a string of exclusive MacQuillan stories but the ones he had written were being held over until they were out of date or appeared elsewhere . |
| 3 | Stark 's confidence appears to have been at a low ebb but the Scotland manager , Duncan Paterson , has been reminding him of his form earlier in the season : at the Dubai Sevens , which the Scots won ; in the A international against Italy in Melrose when the Boroughmuir winger had a hand in both tries ; and in his senior international debut against Ireland at Murrayfield , when he scored one try and was heavily involved in the other from Tony Stanger . |
| 4 | He had been seeing her for over a year now and yesterday she popped the big question . |
| 5 | I 've been seeing her for three years . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been seeing her for 3 and a half years . |
| 7 | Margaret had been seeing him for nearly a year and Maura had the feeling that they were going to get married . |
| 8 | Been seeing him for years . ’ |
| 9 | I wo n't be able to tell them that I 've been seeing you since November , but I 'll tell them . " |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been eating it for years but it 's weird . |
| 11 | They 've been building it for God knows how long , cancelling trains , people ca n't get on or off the platforms . |
| 12 | ‘ Speaking crossly and rudely although Carrie had only been stewing indoors because she had been helping him in the shop ! |
| 13 | ‘ He 's been helping them with background about MacQuillan , ’ she said . |
| 14 | She explained that Lazaris came through to her via a medium who went into a trance , and had been helping her for the previous eight years . |
| 15 | She has very kindly been helping me with my research . ’ |
| 16 | Well he 's been helping me with things . |
| 17 | Except for it 's dead hot still if you 're not careful , if you 've been cooking it in the over or something |
| 18 | he would n't of been touching it with this . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been touching you with my eyes , ’ said Lucy . |
| 20 | Oh he said well I have n't been handling it for six weeks I said . |
| 21 | The French have been accusing us of lack of co-operation lately — military co-operation , that is . |
| 22 | As he glanced up at her , his eyes shuttered , she found herself asking another question that had been puzzling her for a while . |
| 23 | Sitting in her window , she commanded a good view of the vicarage garden and of the ‘ object ’ whose identity had been puzzling her for some days now . |
| 24 | A farmer in Didcot had been using them as fence posts . |
| 25 | Cheapies are fine — I have been using them for years ! |
| 26 | Women on the continent have been using them for years and they 're gradually becoming available in this country . |
| 27 | You 're only , I think you 're only supposed to use them for a , a few months , I 've been using them for about three years . |
| 28 | The majority have simply been using it as a solvent . |
| 29 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 30 | Well kids stay all the time but they 've been using it as a doss house , you know , |