Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [vb -s] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Hakim ( 1982 ) re-analysed the data and found that ‘ the results … confirm the association between crime and unemployment , and suggest it has been increasing over time ’ ( p.453 ) . |
| 2 | So I mean she 's been waiting on that erm place down Junction Road but they , you know , we 've had nothing from . |
| 3 | We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months ! |
| 4 | ‘ I know he 's been looking for you . |
| 5 | I know he 's been doing to this man as he 's gone past so Harry sitting there the not saying you know . |
| 6 | I spose he has been fading towards the end of matches , but then again — who has nt ? |
| 7 | ‘ She upset her hosts by her grumpy behaviour in Korea and we believe she 's been talking to Morton 's people again . |
| 8 | But when I put the phone down I find he has been standing in the doorway . |
| 9 | ‘ I bet he 's been dying for an audience , ’ Dalziel said to Pascoe . |
| 10 | it 's been going around and around here for the last four days er I bet it 's been coming round the block up this street about eight to ten times a day , I du n no what 's it doing , the up here |
| 11 | She 's very lovely and I 'm sure she kisses like a veteran , but if you mean he 's been sleeping with her , no ! |
| 12 | I think he 's been drinking in the pub cos I can smell it on his breath . |