Example sentences of "[Wh adv] they [verb] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All except , I can see , you know when they 've been asking for this money ? |
| 2 | It was found in a garden where they 've been digging for the past six weeks . |
| 3 | His face had an unpleasant shine to it , the kind of shine you get on the walls of places where they 've been cooking in cheap fat since for ever . |
| 4 | The two teams arrived in the northern capital from Beijing where they had been competing in the Asian Games . |
| 5 | They were all three at the table where they had been sitting at a meal , the curry soup before them , a dreadful static group , posed as for a stage set . |
| 6 | The twins sprang up from where they had been sitting by Chola 's side and ran round the hearth to have a closer look . |
| 7 | A group of them , maybe as many as half a dozen , will slowly get to their feet from where they have been lying with the rest of the pride and , leaving the cubs and the males behind , walk off in a fashion which , although leisurely , has a grimly purposeful air . |