Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [v-ing] letters " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I get out of the second tube I see someone has been scratching letters off the sign above the door . |
| 2 | Ever since Dad 's death , she 'd been reading letters from her mother singing Romano 's praises , and detailing the dangerous sports she 'd been encouraged to take up by the wretched man … |
| 3 | ‘ Not directly but we did find out that Inez had been getting letters with Spanish stamps . ’ |
| 4 | Although he had been writing letters for months he was still only a quarter of the way through the names beginning with ‘ A , . |
| 5 | Meantime , the Parents ' Action Committee had been writing letters to Councillors as well . |
| 6 | The result was the abolition in February 1844 of the Secret Office which for generations had been intercepting letters of possible interest to the government . |
| 7 | Hilda , then , had been forging letters from her late husband . |
| 8 | The children have been writing letters to their MP John Patten . |
| 9 | Independent British film makers from all over have been writing letters of complaint . |