Example sentences of "[verb] really be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But of course no one has really been suggesting that history has no meaning , for the obvious reason that any interpretation of history as such must ipso facto assert meaning . |
| 2 | Finally Northern Ireland shows that there has been decline in output over the preceding four months and the only region t t to say that erm it 's fair to say that North Northern Ireland has been a weak region throughout er the recession erm and although in this survey optimism has climbed up a bit so it 's close to the U K average , it 's nevertheless a part of the U K which has really been behaving er rather differently from the rest of the economy reflecting its sort of , i its particular problems and the fact that it 's not part of the mainland economy . |
| 3 | What has really been going on in this establishment ? |
| 4 | Derek 's nickname has proved to be spot-on this season , The Sizzler has really been sizzling on the field ! |
| 5 | We 'd really been looking forward to our trip to the Brecon Beacons . |
| 6 | And when you were in suitably softened mood I was going to tell you how this time I 'd found what I 'd really been looking for all my life . ’ |
| 7 | Some people think you know really be testing er with language and mean something entirely different . |
| 8 | We 're not diving into anything , in fact all we 're asking really is inviting you to agree that the C E C might go for a collective paddle with the T & g to see the temperature of the water . |
| 9 | and if it 's a tight one , and you 're going round it in first , really tight one , then what you need to be doing really is slipping the clutch |
| 10 | Come on , SHE , show that times really are a-changing and let us see models with curves ! |
| 11 | It 's usually a trouble-free procedure , but occasionally there 's a problem over whether you 've really been living apart . |
| 12 | I 've really been looking forward to flying — it will be my first time on a plane . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You 've really been thinking hard , have n't you ? ’ said Dorcas . |
| 14 | You see the same thing in our kind of business , but we 've really been operating in international markets for much longer and it 's a slower process . |
| 15 | He said wonderingly , ‘ You 've really been storing this up , have n't you ? ’ |
| 16 | I 've really been feeling very very low . |
| 17 | ‘ For the last few months I 've really been feeling together , an integrated personality for the first time since my breakdown . |
| 18 | I do n't think she had really been hearing me till now . |
| 19 | Was it prudent , she had really been suggesting , to put temptation in Cara 's way ? |
| 20 | For the first time Joe realised that Tony had really been lacking in confidence . |
| 21 | He had really been looking forward to seeing her tonight . |
| 22 | Another person who was around the scene at the time was Chrissie Hynde who , after Malcolm 's shop and writing for the NME , had really been scuffling around . |
| 23 | There were a few people who allowed themselves to feel the pain of loss , the pain of betrayal , when they began to understand what had really been happening in the Soviet Union . |
| 24 | I thought that his appearance meant he had really been suffering very much , longing for me to give up my work , and had only refrained from asking me to do so out of respect for my ‘ rights ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ It was all thanks to a woman at the meeting today that I had my first inkling of what had really been going on . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Danny 's really been looking forward to the fair , ’ explained Rachel to Jimmy who had pitched in and was helping the driver to lift a wheelchair from the minibus . |
| 27 | Erm and that 's really been coming on for about five years . |
| 28 | We 're coming along very well and erm working hard as coach and erm things have really been picking up we 've been very pleased with the way it 's gone . |
| 29 | ‘ For four years before being appointed full time I sat as a recorder so I have really been sitting in the crown court for 17 years , ’ said Mr Hewitt , whose work on the North Eastern Circuit has taken him to courts from Humberside to the Scottish and Lancashire borders . |
| 30 | It would be easy to demonstrate , moreover , that all our judges , including those who decided our sample cases , have really been following that advice all along . |