Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Cohse branch secretary at Greenbank Sheila Bowes said : ‘ Nurses do n't want this move but management have been contemplating it for some time . ’ |
| 32 | But Jan dolloped out a huge spoon of honey into each plate and said to Darren : ‘ Eat your honey , darling , Granny 's been poisoning you , has n't she , and your mother as well ? ’ |
| 33 | His opponent has been doing it since age 14 . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ Roman has been making you work far too hard ! |
| 35 | This may seem an unorthodox way of assuring management succession but then MB Group has been rearranging itself into a new structure for the future . |
| 36 | ‘ Your deadly weapon has been staring you in the face from the moment you first arrived here , Fakrid , ’ he said . |
| 37 | I can smell the faggy smell even when he has brushed his teeth a couple of time and rinsed with mouthwash ’ ) and drinking ( ‘ If my husband has been drinking I do n't like to kiss him because he has stale breath ’ ) . |
| 38 | Now Becky Blandford , although separated from her husband has been defending him on the daytime television programme , This morning . |
| 39 | The whole business had been getting me down . |
| 40 | The LCD had been doing its best for the South Eastern Circuit . |
| 41 | Mr Fennell was worried because he thought nobody came to meet you , ’ he said , and she knew by his expression that the ancient tyrant had been upbraiding him on this account . |
| 42 | Now he 'd know she and Candy had been discussing him . |
| 43 | The laughter had stopped a while ago and , ever since , Lydia 's imagination had been giving her a hard time . |
| 44 | His body had been expecting her . |
| 45 | Her awareness of him was so intense that if his whole body had been dominating hers it would have been impossible for her to have felt more at the mercy of her own emotions . |
| 46 | Clearly , while an increasing proportion of the population have been buying their houses , working-class people have been buying the cheapest housing on the market . |
| 47 | MILLWALL defender Colin Cooper showed why Nottingham Forest have been pursuing him with a fine display in their 2–1 win at DERBY . |
| 48 | Niall 's been telling me something about you . |
| 49 | By public demand their split became merely a brief sabbatical , and since being reunited the Blues Band have been playing their cocktail of traditional blues and original material around the globe . |
| 50 | I said my wife has been giving me two and three bits every day thinking you 're having one of them . |
| 51 | ‘ My organisation has been monitoring it for some time now . ’ |
| 52 | With Stamm acting as chief engineer , the San Jose , California start-up has been readying its line for the last two years financed by a $3.5m first-round investment from venture capitalists Institutional Venture Partners , Matrix Partners and Menlo Ventures . |
| 53 | My godmother has been singing your praises , you see , and — you will have to forgive my suspicious mind ! — it set me wondering . ’ |
| 54 | The Brigade positions had been under attack for the past four days and Nos. 3 , 4 , 6 , and 45 Royal Marine Commando had been having their share of casualties . |
| 55 | The big Irishman had been teasing him all along , just to make him look ridiculous in front of all those other men . |
| 56 | Charity had been obeying her silent ‘ shoulds ’ most of her life . |
| 57 | In fact , she did possess mettle , though going round alone in the jeep was — I believe — just feminine carelessness , like the terrible state she 'd leave her room in for her maid : powder everywhere , pink for face , white for body ; her long , strong , glossy hairs in the sink , so you would have thought the orang-utan had been availing himself of the facilities and not a pretty young woman of thirty-one . |
| 58 | You find out your wife 's been doing it with your best friend , whip in your petition for divorce and before you can say ‘ one-night stand ’ you 're a free man . |
| 59 | A farmer and his wife have been teaching their son at home for over two years because they do n't want him to go to a special school . |
| 60 | ‘ He 'd have been gone by now , sir , but the little devil 's been playing us up . |