Example sentences of "he have be [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , as he has been living out of a suitcase now for 20 years , he can be forgiven for feeling battle weary . |
| 2 | Since February he has been snapping up American commercial property . |
| 3 | He has been traipsing about , explaining to staff the joys of privatisation which await them . |
| 4 | BRISTOL CITY striker Andy Cole yesterday denied that he has been holding back since the club rejected a £600,000 offer from Nottingham Forest . |
| 5 | Craftsman Dale appears , streaked in oil , from the depths of the engine compartment Where he has been tightening up a mounting bolt . |
| 6 | At length , the passage he has been stooping along opens out somewhat into a low chamber : he has come to the shrine of a goddess . |
| 7 | ‘ He has been jumping around with all the other children in the ward . ’ |
| 8 | How is he to measure it against ‘ Look before you leap ’ , ‘ Care for your parents ’ , and such other imperatives as he has been picking up on the way ? |
| 9 | The Dark Ones are demanding , but he has been bearing up remarkably . |
| 10 | I WOULD like to say how much I have enjoyed listening to former Labour leader Neil Kinnock , right , while he has been standing in for Jimmy Young on Radio 2 . |
| 11 | Now at 16 Steven has a steady girlfriend of 15 , who he has been going out with for several months . |
| 12 | Human Touch is the album he has been working on for several years and Lucky Town a set of songs he quickly wrote and recorded at home recently , and though the tone of the two records does n't differ that much , the second set of songs are far better . |
| 13 | He looks wonderful ; prison has fattened him and his cheeks are pink and shiny , as though he has been working out of doors . |
| 14 | ‘ He has been crying out for support for ages , and I am sure that this new opportunity is just what he is looking for . ’ |
| 15 | He was not right after the race and did not appear again all season but I like the way he has been stretching out and he could win here before making his mark in middle distance Group company . |
| 16 | ‘ A year ago father went to Brittany ; he 'd been saving up for years and he went on a nine-day excursion . |
| 17 | He 'd been pottering around in the big old half-ruined sheds on the other side of the quarry , one day back in the summer . |
| 18 | He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married . |
| 19 | It was gone in an instant as at last he looked up at her and pushed aside the papers he 'd been leafing through . |
| 20 | In all the time that he 'd been living out on the Step Pete had seen only one stranger go by , and that was a hiker who 'd stopped to ask the way because he 'd been lost . |
| 21 | Caswell had n't only been doing some thinking , he 'd been looking up maps and timetables . |
| 22 | Mike lowered the can of Coke which he 'd been emptying down his parched throat . |
| 23 | Finished , the job that he 'd been putting off for most of the day . |
| 24 | Very urgent business which he 'd been putting off . |
| 25 | His brow cleared after the terrific mental exercise he 'd been putting in . |
| 26 | What he 'd been leading up to all week ? |
| 27 | When he felt brave enough he took off the old pullover and the tracksuit pants that he 'd been sleeping in and started to dress . |
| 28 | I asked him what he 'd been doing out East and he said he 'd been starting up a chain of these shops in Japan . ’ |
| 29 | She was on holiday after all , and it certainly seemed as though that was what he 'd been indulging in while waiting for his ladyfriend to return . |
| 30 | ‘ He did n't like to admit he 'd got hooked — not after the way he 'd been going on . |