Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went humming upstairs to clean the bathroom , while Winnie turned over in her mind a plan which had been lurking there for some time . |
| 2 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 3 | Since then , various voluntary groups throughout the campus , the UK and abroad have come forward with names and addresses of active alumni , some of whom have been networking enthusiastically for many years outwith the official organisation of either the Graduates Association of the University . |
| 4 | Proteon 's announcement that it is splitting its business into two divisions ( one for adaptor boards and wiring centres ; the other for internetworking and intelligent hub systems ) is in line with what has been happening internally for some time , says Swan . |
| 5 | It was a birthday treat he had been looking forward to all week . |
| 6 | He had had only one more year to serve before he could have retired into civilian life , and both he and Isobel had been looking forward to this . |
| 7 | Looking immaculate in a bright red suit she said : ‘ I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time and I am glad to have been a part of it . ’ |
| 8 | Some of the girls had been looking forward to this as to the highlight of the trip , but Clara had been dreading it , and for a classic reason , which was that she had nothing nice to wear . |
| 9 | She had been looking forward to this moment , for it promised a long-sought revenge : a revenge not only against her husband for the bitterness and suffering he had caused her , but also against the harlot , Hannah Gristy , whose lithe body and brazen looks had tempted young Gregory into fornication nearly forty years before , and of whom this insolent little slut was so painful a reminder . |
| 10 | I been looking forward to this all day . |
| 11 | She had n't been looking forward to this session ; yet , deep down , there was a contrary twinge niggling at her sexuality that insisted she might enjoy it . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been looking forward to this , ’ Stephen announced with a kind of childish glee . |
| 13 | I 've been looking forward to this visit for a long time for that reason . |
| 14 | Oh , I have been looking forward to this evening … ’ |
| 15 | Inspector Naseby of all people , who had clearly been looking forward to this moment . |
| 16 | It so happens Kelly and I have been looking forward to this weekend , and I guarantee that men will play no part in it at all . ’ |
| 17 | You 've been looking forward to this wedding for days now . |
| 18 | Yes , I 'm sure he 's a very very happy man tonight , he 's been looking forward to this game tremendously for the last couple of weeks . |
| 19 | In the brief walk from No. 22 to his own flat he had pulled from the back of his mind a conviction that had been forming there without much conscious thought on his part , just something he knew . |
| 20 | Mrs Probyn 's husband has told police that the pair , who 've been living apart for several months , had a row . |
| 21 | As most people in South Africa know , they have been living apart for some while — ostensibly on security grounds . |
| 22 | Following township rumours that the Mandelas had been living apart for some weeks , the Sowetan newspaper said Mrs Mandela continued to live in the mansion she had built in a better part of Soweto but Mr Mandela had moved into a well-guarded home in Johannesburg 's affluent northern suburbs . |
| 23 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 24 | He had been trembling violently for several hours but now no sound came from the place where he lay . |
| 25 | Bruno 's been training hard for this fight in Leicester . |
| 26 | I have been waiting only for that so that I might go . ’ |
| 27 | I 've been going downhill for several days now . |
| 28 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 29 | Later my surgeon was to tell me that the cancer had been growing away for many years . |
| 30 | Public expenditure generally , and expenditure on social services in particular , have been growing rapidly in this century . |