Example sentences of "been [v-ing] at [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Word even came out of Tibet that the Odonata had been assisting at sky-burials , where corpses are left in sacred mountainous places for the attention of scavenger birds . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've been listening at keyholes , have you ? |
| 3 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 4 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 5 | Why you been looking at bathrooms this morning ? |
| 6 | of done Quickspend , you 'd have been looking at figures that showed a lot more profitability . |
| 7 | He added , ‘ Have you been looking at birds ? |
| 8 | So far we have been looking at earthworks particular to deserted settlement sites . |
| 9 | Such proposals are naturally a major source of controversy between the political parties but some local authorities have undoubtedly been looking at charges with a fresh eye in recent years . |
| 10 | Been looking at sinks again . |
| 11 | Operations manager Siobhan Hunter , who is responsible for the Morgan Grenfell contract , says : ‘ We 've been looking at computers for the past 18 months , and we went for Caterdata , having seen it in action at BE Services , the in-house caterer at the Bank of England . ’ |
| 12 | Have you been looking at cloud-shapes ? ’ |
| 13 | At the University of Ghana , Dr Samuel Sefa-Dedeh has been looking at ways of increasing the productivity of grain legumes in the tropics . |
| 14 | The number of people who die from the habit is increasing every year , and a special conference has been looking at ways of tackling the problem . |
| 15 | Borough councillors heard yesterday that 1992 is Car Crime Prevention Year and officers had been looking at ways of getting the message across . |
| 16 | Council officers have also been looking at playgrounds in the Witham area . |
| 17 | The 16-year-old victim , who had been browsing at stalls , fell screaming as her attacker tried to escape . |
| 18 | Police are warning elderly people to be on their guard against a bogus council worker who has been calling at homes in the Forest of Dean . |
| 19 | You 've been straining at gnats , Jesus said , and yet , you 've allowed the big issues to go by without bothering with them . |
| 20 | I have been entertaining at children 's parties — as clown , magician , juggler and musician — for over twenty years . |
| 21 | When Tom told his grandmother he was moving out of her house and confessed — because since the accident he had also stopped lying , could not be bothered with prevarication — that he had been busking at stations , she told him she was horrified , she was disappointed in him . |
| 22 | Filan , who carries an Irish passport , has been working at Saints with former England goalkeeping coach Mike Kelly after failing to impress Lou Macari during a week 's trial at Stoke . |