Example sentences of "have been [verb] [noun] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicola , dressed in jeans and a white polo-neck sweater , left Blackpool 's Victoria Hospital where she has been undergoing tests this morning to be driven by an ambulance car with her parents to North Staffordshire Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent . |
| 2 | ‘ He has been scoring goals all season and will be a big loss to the side . |
| 3 | That statement on Monday about ongoing negotiations with Microsoft Corp , intended to arrest a long slide in the share price of Micro Focus Plc ( CI No 2,143 ) failed to prevent the shares shedding another 78 pence in Monday trading , leaving them at 2,110 pence , a far cry from the £30 they touched on February 15 : acceleration of the trend towards downsizing should if anything bring increased business to the company for its Cobol products over the next two or three years , and the signs are that as usual , the market has been overdoing things both ways — the shares were probably too high at £30 but are probably close to a bargain at £20 . |
| 4 | ‘ He 'd been writing cheques all weekend on a closed account , ’ Vicky says . |
| 5 | They were n't even genuine improvisations : he 'd been scribbling verses all day . |
| 6 | He had been making progress that way for almost an hour . |
| 7 | I 've been drinking vodkas all night . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been tasting bits all day , so when it comes to serving dinner I can only sit and chat . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been pissing blood all night , Tony . |
| 10 | I 've mentioned briefly there is um er , let me see , it 's , women who 've been abused show more need for power than a comparable group of unabused women . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've been taking statements all day , and have discovered certain — anomalies in yours which need sorting out . |
| 12 | Now , you may not realize it but you 've been in civil litigation and criminal litigation , you 've been doing advocacy all term . |
| 13 | I 've been doing skyscapes all day . |
| 14 | ‘ If we 've been doing lessons all morning , they 've usually had enough by the afternoon , so we 'll sing some songs together or I 'll tell them a story . |
| 15 | ‘ Look , Ben , we 've been questioning Leslie all morning and he wo n't say a dicky bird , but we think he knows who done it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been playing patience all afternoon , Miss Danziger ! |
| 17 | His speech alludes also to the scandals over corruption in political life , particularly where building contracts are concerned , which have been rocking Italy this year . |
| 18 | United have been fighting finances this summer … only two fresh faces at the Manor … four have gone … the real test will be for a defence without Evans and Melville … |
| 19 | The odds were heavily on Central , second in division one , beating Pinewood who have been fighting relegation all season . |
| 20 | On the second erm erm issue the commitments in Greater York , erm Mr has has made good progress erm on this erm and he 's been had discussions this morning with er district colleagues and hopefully we we are nearly there on that one . |
| 21 | And he 's also managed to sneak in some live music from Mary Chapin Carpenter , who 's been touring Scotland this week and is about to hit the big time . |
| 22 | One of them could be Swindon 's own Duncan Shearer , who 's been scoring goals this season as though they were going out of fashion . |
| 23 | ‘ Only that Humber 's been raising Cain all day about having to carry D.I.L.s in Marcus proper and Marcus Small Ward , and how , though she 's willing , she ca n't be in two places at once . ’ |