Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [be] [v-ing] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the Lord President aware that the Prime Minister has not been doing very cleverly lately in Question Time ? |
| 2 | It has n't been raining very long , and the quicker we can move , the more likely we are to get them out before conditions deteriorate to the extent that the passages become impassable . ’ |
| 3 | Dave , Steve Davis has had a terrible you know , preliminary start to the season , this is the start of the official season , but he has n't been playing very well at the moment . |
| 4 | He knew he had not been dozing very long because the smells of fried bacon and toasted bread still drifted through the house . |
| 5 | Well she phoned and umm asked how Oliver was and everything and just said oh how are you and I said oh I 've not been feeling very well over the weekend . |
| 6 | He had n't been listening very hard at the time . |
| 7 | I was indeed rather dubious about the whole idea , but we had n't been getting very far and there seemed to be no harm in just finding out some more about it . |
| 8 | and I was thinking cor we say we have n't been doing very well , but look at that week there ! |