Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Tsongas has been thinking of reviving his campaign . |
| 2 | Woosnam has been thinking of changing to a ‘ cack-handed ’ grip on the greens left hand below right because his putting has been so poor in recent weeks . |
| 3 | In it , a small child roams the streets , talking to strangers , until he finally goes off with a woman who has been wandering about pushing an empty pram . |
| 4 | IBM Corp has been muttering about migrating to RISC technology for the AS/400 processor for a year or so now , and the company is now talking openly about it , saying that the AS/400 will move to a RISC , but not until several criteria are met . |
| 5 | RAF sergeant Ed Horler has been reporting for training here . |
| 6 | Computer buff Steven has been jobhunting since graduating from London 's Imperial College four years ago . |
| 7 | For some time now , it must be said , the Antiguan superhero has been mumbling about hanging up his cape altogether . |
| 8 | Derek has been working at capturing the flavour of the Norfolk Black — but in a bigger-breasted bird . |
| 9 | ‘ So far ’ , Iain Anderson reports , ‘ the group has been concentrating on gathering information on the courses available in the SCOTVEC and SEB systems to attempt to produce clear advice to teachers and pupils on the ‘ pathways ’ through the various options . |
| 10 | Norfolk has been concentrating on promoting Medau with a view to increasing class membership . |
| 11 | For weeks Downing Street has been talking about bringing Mr Major and Mr Clinton together when the premier travels to the States to take part in US-EC summit . |
| 12 | He 'd been thinking of asking one of the two who had entered the front room during Slater 's monologue — the more attractive of them — for a dance even as Slater was telling him how desirable Richard Slater was . |
| 13 | She had n't known until Sir Philip mentioned it at dinner last night that I 'd been thinking about marrying her . |
| 14 | She 'd been thinking about becoming a nun but she could n't be with a baby . |
| 15 | I did n't know what to say , but I 'd been reading about mating in a book only a few days before , so I kept a perfectly straight face and replied . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'd been talking about getting married for quite a while , ’ said Nicky . |
| 17 | So , he 'd been planning on cutting the test sessions short , had he ? |
| 18 | She could have been speaking of failing to spot an acquaintance in a crowd . |
| 19 | ‘ I may have been thinking of using the money saved from the mortgage payments on a new telly or something , but not now . ’ |
| 20 | Even before he was consecrated , and perhaps as soon as he was elected , at a moment when , by ordinary rules of prudence , he should have been thinking of equipping himself with all the forms of expert knowledge required by his new position , he chose one of the group of English monks to be his closest and most constant companion . |
| 21 | Edward may well have been thinking of exploiting his Gascon possessions militarily , as well as financially , and the frequent references to military service in the Recogniciones were to be put to good use . |
| 22 | He might have been talking about weekending on the moon . |
| 23 | ‘ Everyone will easily imagine ’ , wrote Cobbett whose ‘ crime ’ had been objecting to flogging in the army , |
| 24 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 25 | A few days earlier I had been thinking of calling my doctor to assess the chances of having my vasectomy reversed in order to save my marriage to Karen . |
| 26 | I had been thinking of having a War shortly , maybe in the next week or so , but with Eric probably going to make an appearance I had decided against it . |
| 27 | Churchill had been thinking of delaying his resignation , even if defeated , until after the weekend ; but the results were so devastating to his party that on the very evening of the declaration of most of them — 26 July — he decided to go to the palace , resign his commission as Prime Minister , and invite the King to send for Attlee . |
| 28 | But it would be only for a time and she had been thinking of asking the queen-dowager for permission to leave sanctuary and visit her mother . |
| 29 | David told her that he had been thinking of working hard to get Amaranth Wilikins selected as the Conservative candidate for Arden in place of Sir Ralph . |
| 30 | It 's understood Mr Bryan had been thinking of returning to Painswick this weekend to escape the hoarde of newsmen beseigning him in London … |