Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] have been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She 's very lovely and I 'm sure she kisses like a veteran , but if you mean he 's been sleeping with her , no ! |
| 32 | To be fair , I did n't , I did say we 're talking about parenting and one one could do another programme perhaps , focusing on the child or the needs and rights of the child in specific , but I think I 've been looking at the almost the scariness , I suppose , of being a parent , the challenges facing parents and the whole half hour , really , has not been about the joys of parenthood , so much as the problems of parenthood ! |
| 33 | AS a third part of a nanny share I have been looking at the law and the availability of Liability Insurance . |
| 34 | I think we 've been talking about two different interpretations of the word , respect . |
| 35 | I think he had been listening to some people in the dale who had missed out on the shoot and the money that went with it , and were critical , or pretended to be critical , of people who worked for Sir Emmanuel and the other toffs — maybe a bit left wing , although Stanley was n't a person who took any interest in politics . |
| 36 | I think he 's been drinking in the pub cos I can smell it on his breath . |
| 37 | See I 've been coming for years with mouth ulcers . |