Example sentences of "really have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But soon — perhaps very soon — I am going to have to lay it on the line , tell them what really has been happening … |
| 2 | Could she really have been reading that ? he wondered , looking around for the novel stuffed behind a cushion . |
| 3 | One is left wondering whether it was a dream or one really had been listening to a man whose clothes and surroundings were obviously of little importance but who knew more Latin and Greek than one ever had , could quote the classics and poetry , would have one lost in the depths of philosophy , someone who was probably in a Gaelic world of his own and was translating into English for the benefit of his listener although the learning had largely been gathered in that language . |
| 4 | As she looked in her cupboard , trying to control her rising temper , she realised she really had been neglecting her wardrobe — well , certain aspects of it , she told herself as she pushed the smart business suits to one side . |
| 5 | Her chest ached sharply , too , just as though someone really had been hitting into it . |
| 6 | So , did you , should you have really have been helping them ? |
| 7 | ‘ I really have been trying my best — ’ |