Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] have been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 3 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 4 | I really do think that there is a degree of inconsistency in compelling a Gothic architect to erect a classical building — and so I have been thinking of appointing you a coadjutor , who would in fact make the design ! |
| 5 | It was n't until later , when Robyn heard Anne 's key in the lock , that she realised just how long she had been staring into space , miserably going over and over the disastrous weekend , in a futile attempt to try and put it all back into some sort of perspective . |
| 6 | So she had been asking after him . |
| 7 | so she 's been dealing with her Manchester solicitors and a London solicitor |
| 8 | So we 've been starting on the , but this is a bit of a shame though because , what I like , when we , when we , when we have our three days off , it 's nice to know on your , on your last day off that still have a late night because your not back to work until the afternoon you know . |
| 9 | I will be very brief but just to welcome the fact that in we have been waiting for nearly fifty years |
| 10 | So they 've been working on modifications and this year , oh we will we 'll put the modifications right and then come back with another sales pitch |
| 11 | So they 'd been talking about it already . |
| 12 | And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he 's got a he , apparently he 'd been trying for a year and he 's got to Accrington . |
| 13 | Apparently he 's been working in Australia , on oil rigs , I believe . ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps he had been standing at that spot , gazing out over the river towards the mountains or maybe with bowed head , grieving for his lover . |
| 15 | Perhaps he 'd been referring to someone else as well ? |
| 16 | Perhaps he 's been listening to it , too , and thinking of me . |
| 17 | The book was all he had been waiting for , and all was going according to plan . |
| 18 | Obviously he had been listening to the battle . |
| 19 | So he 'd been looking for her . |
| 20 | So he 's been having at |
| 21 | Lately she has been working as a $10-an-hour dresser at local fashion shows and answering phones at an aerobics studio . |
| 22 | Lately he has been working on paintings of trees , large-sized drawings of nudes , painted low-reliefs in wood and a series of portraits of poets in which snippets from their work are inscribed ( Beats Alan Ginsberg and Gregory Corso appear in the show ) . |
| 23 | For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight . |
| 24 | I 've managed to subject the boots to most conditions except a thorough soaking over several days — for once we 've been basking in sunshine for weeks in Scotland , along with the sun-drenched south east ! |
| 25 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 26 | Later I have been thinking over what Dad said . |
| 27 | They may not be looking for treatment or rehabilitation but er what we can offer them is clean injecting equipment er free condoms , because H I V is transmitted sexually as well , probably more than , more often than in Oxfordshire , er and also we have been prescribing from an assessment clinic in the city centre . |
| 28 | You know , I 'd like to ask a question , why is it so , why is it so frightening to spoil yourself ? , why is it such a , a wrong thing to spoil yourself , erm we 've been talking about make up we 've been talking about |
| 29 | He is very strict , and would dismiss me if he found out I 'd been interfering with his books . |
| 30 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |