Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been toying with her that day on the river , playing games to satisfy some peculiar quirk of his character . |
| 2 | Morant , Chambers and others were aware that for ten years or more several LEAs including Sheffield , Nottingham , Wigan , Liverpool , Carlisle , Finchley , Bolton , Cambridge , and Edinburgh had been experimenting with their own employment schemes . |
| 3 | I 've been looking for him all afternoon , but he must have been tied up with work . |
| 4 | A curd which has been soaking in its own whey makes an acid cheese ( which explains the often sharp taste of Eastern Mediterranean white cheeses which are sometimes stored in whey ) . |
| 5 | Wayne was enchanted to see Hermia and Perdita , and gave the appearance of having been searching for them all day . |
| 6 | The government denied involvement in Toro 's activities but few observers believed that he had been acting on his own initiative . |
| 7 | The Earl had been shouting at her that morning , ‘ Have n't you gone yet ? |
| 8 | ‘ Father , I have been waiting for you all afternoon . ’ |
| 9 | I think it would have been the Zetland , and — who knows — Mrs Field may have been riding with them that day . |
| 10 | What likes have your sisters been spreading about me this time ? |
| 11 | Hello , well what 's your mum been doing to you this morning ? |
| 12 | Should he have mentioned the strange symptoms and side-effects he had been observing in his own case ? |
| 13 | And should n't Lucy say something about her story , the subtle and extravagant passes Jay had been making at her all evening ? |
| 14 | The first , that with so much burnt umber on his hands he looked as though he 'd been playing with his own shit . |
| 15 | Jerry refuses with zest ; he has obviously been springing to his own defence for many a long year . |
| 16 | ‘ These people had been fighting against their own country , against Marshal Tito who had been recognised as an ally by the British Government , ’ Lord Aldington said . |
| 17 | It was held that since the buyer knew much more about Persia than the seller , he must have been relying on his own judgment as to whether the tractors were suitable for the Persian market . |
| 18 | Your mistress has been ringing for you this past fifteen minutes ! ’ |
| 19 | The sergeant saw her eyes were dim with sadness and he guessed she had been thinking about her former husband . |
| 20 | A little company in Golden , Colorado has been working on its own version of Unix for the last year and half , this one called Usix . |
| 21 | THE CAT 'S BEEN SLEEPING ON IT ALL AFTERNOON ! |