Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walker , the England Youth international goalkeeper , who has been deputising for the injured Thorstvedt , gave away a free kick just inside his penalty area by taking too many steps with the ball . |
| 2 | The court was told that Dawtrey had been racing against the other Metro shortly before the crash in the village of Nuneham Courtenay , where there is a 40mph restriction . |
| 3 | Old Mother Jacobsen had once told her how Møn — ‘ The Maid ’ — had been languishing in the frozen Arctic Circle , abandoned by her sun-craving lover , when her cries of anguish had been heard by two giants . |
| 4 | ‘ They have been concentrating on the targetted London seats , ’ said his agent Anne Harradine . |
| 5 | A manifesto printed in Germany had been circulating in the western Ukraine . |