Example sentences of "we [vb base] [been] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy .
2 We 've been looking at the contrasting features of these two . ’
3 So that we 're prepared within the Rural Housing Trust to look at all these ideas , and we 've been looking at the whole question , we feel that this has got to be one for the planners , the planners must be involved in identifying where these problems lie , they 're not uniform , all across the country , er and it 's something that er we therefore need to use the planning er scenario entirely and fully in order to identify where the problem lies .
4 We 've been growing at a fairly significant rate considering we 've only been back about five years .
5 We 've been knocking at the door in four defeats .
6 So far we have been looking at the type of grave-clothes provided for the very wealthy .
7 In this chapter we have been looking at the details of the division of labour to which Ella was referring .
8 In Chapters 3 and 4 we have been looking at the major groups of institutions that participate in the financial system .
9 So far , we have been looking at the rather more impressive remains of former villages .
10 We have been looking at the pictures of James and we are really upset because there is such a likeness . ’
11 Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city .
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