Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 31 | she 's it could 've been saying |
| 32 | Yeah he must 've been following her about . |
| 33 | I said , ‘ What I told you before — you were dreaming , you must 've been dreaming , you know . |
| 34 | But in the old liberated areas like say around i i i in theory none of this should be necessary , very little of it should 've been happening . |
| 35 | And as I say as I say I do n't ken how long it had been there but that see that likely about the same time as the as the mill was heightened and er the kiln would 've been putting on . |
| 36 | ‘ I see you 've been having more fun and games ! ’ |
| 37 | Drivers must 've been celebrating too . |
| 38 | ‘ I see you 've been checking up on me . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ I see you 've been checking your horoscope . ’ |
| 40 | I do n't think we would 've been standing outside the gates . |
| 41 | I just love the way that kid must 've been standing out there for what , fifteen minutes ? |
| 42 | And er er sort of phone call one afternoon at half past four from the deputy , oh by the way , in fact if we had n't been talking to any Brummies on a we would 've been interviewing people and telling them that they 'd got a three year and these are all points that are gon na be brought up next week , but I do n't see there is any possibility of them doing an about turn because they 've gone public on it . |
| 43 | And there 's Master Tristram pretending he 's not listening to his father , who might 've been sitting in the Fowey stocks by now if it was n't for that same father 's efforts . " |
| 44 | I rub my face quick so she do n't see I 've been crying . |
| 45 | It 's him should 've been coming home tonight . |
| 46 | See I 've been coming for years with mouth ulcers . |
| 47 | She 'd 've been lying on Spanish beaches with her eyes tight shut knowing that every Spanish boy who passed would fancy her . |
| 48 | The scenery up here has been arresting so far ; now it takes on an unexpectedly serene beauty . |
| 49 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 50 | The old detractors may remain unconvinced , but taking ‘ Outernational ’ on its own merits — and leaving the past where it 's best left — this has to be the culmination of what Mackenzie has been striving for through those half-pitched albums of the late '80s . |
| 51 | Since 1978 an organisation called the Liberal Association for the Movement of People ( LAMP ) has been striving to address these problems . |
| 52 | Decisive victory for either side : that is what Turkish policy , in so far as it has any power , has been striving to prevent . |
| 53 | Originally from California , Toni has been striving to achieve musical recognition for the past ten years , playing in LA bands and doing backing vocals for Berlin . |
| 54 | After that great 1000-page bout with Gary Gilmore in 1979 , Mailer has been displaying the typewriter equivalent of punchdrunkness . |
| 55 | Sara has been displaying ’ Comfort Eating ’ in Cheltenham . |
| 56 | It is clear that a great deal of ley hunting done over the past 50 years has been hunting chance alignments . |
| 57 | Japan has been hunting minke whales in the Antarctic for " research " purposes . |
| 58 | The Old Berkshire Hunt , based at nearby Faringdon , has been hunting in the area since 1830 . |
| 59 | One of the most fearsome figures on television has been entertaining an army of his young fans here in the region . |
| 60 | The television presenter Johnny Morris , famous for his Animal Magic series , has been entertaining more than a thousand children at a wildlife park in the Cotswolds . |