Example sentences of "have been reading [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You say hello to her , you assume she has been reading your mail or listening in to your private telephone calls ( actually I never did either ) , and you tell her when you do not wish to be disturbed . |
| 2 | He might have been reading her mind . |
| 3 | Billy must have been reading his thoughts . |
| 4 | ‘ She had been reading her stars on a daily basis like everybody does . |
| 5 | ‘ And pears , ’ interjected Gwendolen , who had been reading her guide books . |
| 6 | Grandad , who had been reading his paper , said , ‘ Eh , I 'd like to help with the cleaning but you see I promised Angus up at the farm that I 'd help him with the lambs today . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ they continue , ‘ we 've been reading your columns and we 're just a little bit worried that you might mean it when you say that the European Community is a fraudulent delusion ; the German economy is kaput ; the French are morally bankrupt ; racism is becoming endemic ; America 's had it ; Britain 's in for five years of total chaos and the middle-classes will soon be taking to the streets . |
| 8 | " I 've been reading your letters , " she said . |
| 9 | Ma'am , I have been reading my Bible and am left in no doubt that I have sinned and am paying the just penalty for sin and I repent strongly but to no avail as yet . |
| 10 | The last thing I heard you say before I left the receiver to its own devices was something like ‘ Some of us here have been reading your books … ’ |
| 11 | he 's been reading his horses . |
| 12 | ‘ Michael 's been reading his book of Things a Director 's Supposed to Say again , ’ a voice murmured somewhere above her ear , and Shannon turned with a grin to the tall blonde woman at her side . |