Example sentences of "have [adv] been playing [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I saw the evil light in his eyes and knew that so far they had only been playing with me : their real intent was to kill . |
2 | He had merely been playing with her . |
3 | She was saved from that particular choice by a boy of about seven , who had apparently been playing with his train set in the porch . |
4 | Falconer had apparently been playing with the letters of the name , breaking them up , distancing each from the other . |
5 | By the time that came along I had already been playing for some time . |
6 | To talk to them , you would think she had still been playing with toys . |
7 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |