Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] have been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ In Basildon only 32 out of 8,000 homes were sold and in Scotland where it has been running for two years only 223 out of 6,000 tenants have bought houses . |
| 32 | He arrived in Canterbury on 27 May 669 , having been escorted from Gaul , where he had been staying with Agilbert , by a representative of King Ecgberht , not of Oswiu ( HE IV , 1 ) . |
| 33 | He had borrowed it from a fellow inmate of the lodging house in Kennington where he had been staying for the last week . |
| 34 | Mr Koc remained in hospital for six days , and was then taken back to the small hotel where he had been staying since his arrival in London . |
| 35 | Mr Koc remained in hospital for six days , and was then taken back to the small hotel where he had been staying since his arrival in London . |
| 36 | Sometimes on Sundays he would take her to the fields where he had been helping with the harvest , to see the rabbits , or a nest of mice . |
| 37 | The victim was slumped over a freezer where he had been searching for a gas leak . |
| 38 | Philip rubbed the mist off the glass where he 'd been breathing on it . |
| 39 | Suddenly the penny dropped , and Meredith knew why he 'd been prowling about the airport like an angry lion . |
| 40 | All performed creditably and indeed Patel was such a revelation that onlookers must have wondered why he had been languishing in other teams for so much of the season . |
| 41 | Do n't you want to know why he 's been looking for you ? ’ |