Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [det] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I 've been looking at that and thinking we 'll take it , mm |
| 2 | Yes , I 've been , I 've been looking at this and see what I can play . |
| 3 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 4 | It was Grizel Huntley 's own view that her brother had not been fooled at all but had been charmed and diverted by a dashing girl thirty years his junior , and had seen no reason at all why she should not have a share of his considerable estate when that left a very decent down-setting for his niece as well . |
| 5 | She had n't been reading at all but had been glancing out of the window not seeing the gracious gardens that surrounded Summer Lodge , but planning ways to help Craig when he came to her . |
| 6 | ‘ Great strapping brutes they were , with backs on them like the deck of a ship , ’ William 's grandad said , who 'd been thrown off both and knew . |
| 7 | Valerius Geist , a well-respected mountain sheep biologist , once found a mountain goat that had been killed by another and had no less than 32 horn punctures , including several injuries to the lungs and heart . |
| 8 | Early retirement and careers counselling have been partially implemented , but the 10 other recommendations have not been implemented at all or have been reversed . |
| 9 | Since you since you came into the flats have you have you been working at all or have have you been erm |