Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the last five years Volkov has been drinking himself to death . |
| 2 | But it 's all so ironic — if my little tinkering with her inhaler had n't led to her death nobody would have known that Doreen guessed — that I 'd been helping myself to the firm 's cash now and then — only piffling amounts over the years I 'd been with them , a few thousand here and there , just enough for some designer clothes and jewellery . |
| 3 | In the days leading up to this fight to decide who would fight for the world title next year , Violet had been steeling herself to be tough and resilient for the sake of her son . |
| 4 | Up to this point the US had been binding itself to Vietnam with conceptual associations , policy objectives , and some material considerations . |
| 5 | She 's been fretting herself to flinders , in case you should 've changed your mind . ’ |