Example sentences of "many [noun] [vb base] [pron] been [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 How many times have you been skiing ?
2 How many times have you been skiing ?
3 How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ?
4 How many goals have they been leaking recently … and against who ?
5 How many years have we been flying that route ?
6 Or ( how many years have I been promising myself this ? ) sorting out the stock cupboard/prep room ?
7 exactly , but why wait until nineteen eighty eight to discover that , how long had you been doing these estimates for ? , how many years have you been doing ?
8 ‘ How many terms have you been training that cat , Mildred ? ’ said Miss Hardbroom .
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