Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , a child who has been receiving some form of individual help from a clinician , teacher or parent , might be expected to show the effects of that treatment and a comparison of changes over time on the basis of formal assessments would be an appropriate way of obtaining relevant information . |
| 2 | A project designed to keep bored youngsters from resorting to car crime by giving them motorbikes to play with has been receiving some expert advice . |
| 3 | The 28-year-old actor has been taking some time off to get his life back in order after filming three movies due out this year . |
| 4 | THE Bill Wells Octet has been exploring some unusual stylistic directions in the context of the Scottish jazz scene , but this appearance did not live up to expectations . |
| 5 | By the way — ’ Helen paused , ‘ — she has been gathering some gossip that will probably interest you . |
| 6 | The committee also decided in future to pay the CAB quarterly grants in advance , rather than in arrears which has been causing some cash flow problems . |
| 7 | From the letters we have been receiving this year it appears that the Jehovah 's Witness from Greece Andreas Christodoulou has been passing some of the cards on to his colleagues who are also imprisoned Jehovah 's witnesses , who want to correspond with people in the U.K. Fortunately we have someone in the office who has been able to translate their letters . |
| 8 | The party has been using some bright capitalist techniques to get itself in election-fighting mettle . |
| 9 | But no news is good news , and Mr Clarke has been drawing some comfort from the fact that he has n't heard from his own local family doctor . |
| 10 | its been , that has been blistering some time that , think its |
| 11 | In the hot weather the works has been having some trouble in staying in reasonable control of its effluent . |
| 12 | ‘ She has been doing some spectacular work , going very well with Governor 's Imp , and Luca Cumani very generously let me work her with Red Slippers the other day , and after that I knew we had a live Group One horse , ’ the trainer added . |
| 13 | Bernard Dixon has been digesting some bizarre eating habits |
| 14 | NOTE Urine that has been standing some of the night is not a true specimen for testing . |
| 15 | I am told he has been preparing some appropriate acts . |
| 16 | And , you know , he 's been very wheezy and pro and , and , and er , and has a , er , ha has been suffering some sort fluey cold . |
| 17 | Already Dublin has been showing some concern , since they will be submitted as British government rather than Anglo-Irish proposals . |
| 18 | Donaghy is 12 years older than anyone else in Chelsea 's back four , but the newly converted left-back has been playing some of the best football of his career since his £100,000 move from Manchester United in the summer . |
| 19 | But as Ian McGeechan himself said : ‘ He has been playing some of the best rugby of his life . ’ |
| 20 | The Metropolitan Museum has been examining some of its most treasured paintings with the aid of the latest technology , and it has come up with a result which confounds the hitherto accepted history of art . |
| 21 | And there was the gatepost Dad had driven into because he 'd been eyeing some young girl instead of looking where he was going . |
| 22 | She 'd been buying some sweets at a local newsagent minutes before the accident . |
| 23 | And then little did he know when he used to leave them in the house , in the back yard , that we 'd been pinching some of them . |
| 24 | He 'd been making some records but they were n't successful and for the first few weeks after I 'd met him and decided to work with him , I was listening to songs that he 'd written , and was in the process of writing , and came to the conclusion that he was not essentially a singles artist . |
| 25 | He had big banks of lights and speakers on either side of his console with some lower-level relays here in the ballroom ; he 'd been running some smoke and dry ice earlier , and some of it still hung in the air and gave the lighted area beyond the doorways the effect of some offworld film set . |
| 26 | Ben said that he 'd heard I 'd been having some problems and asked what they were . |
| 27 | Some sort of ex-military man who 'd been having some rather rough games with some of the boys . |
| 28 | But I bumped into Chris who 'd been doing some session work with Steve ( Buzzcocks ) Diggle , who was looking for a guitar player to do a few gigs , and Chris kind of trapped me into that . |
| 29 | Obviously he 'd been doing some kind of a finance deal ; setting up a takeover ; and he 'd lifted some off the top for himself . ’ |
| 30 | anyway their Bev 's husband he 'd been doing some work plus some money they dropped on these spindles , so she was telling me |