Example sentences of "[pers pn] [been] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Has she been bleeding for a two week period ?
2 How long have you been living in the flats for ?
3 ‘ Have you been listening at the door , Edgar ? ’ asked Catherine coldly .
4 Now , what have you been doing for a whole month ? ’
5 What 've you been doing in the last five months that 's put on the weight ?
6 ‘ How long have you been working as a photographic model ? ’
7 you work for erm Law Centre , erm , how long have you been working for the Law Centre ?
8 But why had they been sitting on a table ?
9 They been coming round every day just to see you 're okey dokey
10 Have they been playing as a strike pair for the reserves ? ?
11 Furthermore , if the members of the harmonie rustique were moving around the stage as part of the spectacle , it seems much less likely that they would have been changing instruments picking up a flute for one number , a bassoon for another than they might have done had they been playing from a pit .
12 Imagine my disappointment when I staggered down a hill in murky twilight after its purchase to find that not only had it been lying in the back seat of the car for the duration of my climb , but that it had failed to come up and get me when the daylight failed .
13 Thomas May 's earlier assumption would have been a perfectly natural one had he been dealing with a museum collection , but here at Templebrough , the sherds came from his own excavation , and the only conclusion to be drawn is that he had very little conception of the significance of stratified deposits .
14 a police officer , what 's he been doing for the last
15 Has he been working for a long time ?
16 Francie 's shoes were brilliant with polish but Finn 's were caked with mud — though where could he have been , had he been walking in the pleasure garden by himself , talking to the broken queen and patting the stone lioness on the head ?
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