Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] have been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the story of a lifetime , the story I had been born for . |
| 2 | But the range and breadth of coverage I have been talking about can not be done within the existing confines of Radio 4 . |
| 3 | In my own case I had been taught by Okely to avoid the split between subjectivism and an objective reality , but I had no preparation to contend with the changes which the field experience created in me . |
| 4 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 5 | Having given this example of structuring I perhaps need to make clear some of the terminology I have been using before looking at more examples . |
| 6 | I must say , something about this small encounter had put me in very good spirits ; the simple kindness I had been thanked for , and the simple kindness I had been offered in return , caused me somehow to feel exceedingly uplifted about the whole enterprise facing me over these coming days . |
| 7 | I must say , something about this small encounter had put me in very good spirits ; the simple kindness I had been thanked for , and the simple kindness I had been offered in return , caused me somehow to feel exceedingly uplifted about the whole enterprise facing me over these coming days . |
| 8 | ‘ Is your husband 's trip to Milan connected with this Japanese deal I 've been hearing about ? ’ he asked . |
| 9 | Right from the beginning of my career as a journalist I 've been writing about gender issues from the male point of view . |
| 10 | I 'm Andrew Panting , the Information Officer for the University , and for this first programme I 've been joined by Ted Nakhle and Lawrence Suss . |
| 11 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 12 | It happened , however , that while I was at the College I had been approached by the Bristol University Board of Extra-Mural Studies , where a post was for the moment vacant organizing adult education work chiefly in Wiltshire . |
| 13 | I had certainly found the rural setting I had been hankering after . |
| 14 | If the course of action that I am suggesting and ind which is indeed consistent with the course of action I have been suggesting throughout this enquiry is to work , then I need I would suggest tomorrow is probably the absolute latest for me to get anything from you , and to give the Councils any opportunity whatsoever to make any reply to them . |
| 15 | She was in the middle of wringing the water out of a red rayon skirt she had been washing at the kitchen sink . |
| 16 | While fashion magazines announce that longer skirts are in style , the princess has again appeared in the multi-coloured striped skirt she has been wearing for more than a year . |
| 17 | At the onset she had been referred to a surgeon and had a normal barium enema and chest x ray . |
| 18 | Her tone is soothing , her whispers slide like sighs , but gently she is uncovering the reproach she 's been hiding for days . |
| 19 | But I do n't know what wind you 've been listening to . |
| 20 | And as a result we have been treated to the delightful sight of Princess Diana in a variety of stunning swimming costumes . |
| 21 | To give you some insight into the kind of research we have been doing in order to grasp the concept of innovative climate , I will present two sets of data . |
| 22 | ‘ This is the boost we have been waiting for , ’ says sales director Malcolm Prior . |
| 23 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 24 | In this chapter we have been looking at the details of the division of labour to which Ella was referring . |
| 25 | Throughout this chapter we have been coming across the coffins of nobles , all of which had repoussé coronets about the grip-plates and three-dimensional gilt copper versions — usually with gilt wooden baubles and remnants of the cap — sitting on the lid . |
| 26 | Sometimes in this chapter we have been talking about processes , sometimes about artists . |
| 27 | I I the retail 's not within what we 've been talking about this afternoon but on the other hand it does employ more people per hectare than any industry we 've been talking about as as far as as far as I understand it . |
| 28 | In essence we 've been hit by something like a double whammy over the S S As . |
| 29 | Maybe this was the break they had been waiting for . |
| 30 | At the same time by increasing their expenditure programmes at a rate far greater than the growth in tax revenue they have been led into creating inflation . |