Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 If Kenny Shields is n't allowed to buy players soon , instead of being expected to rely on free transfers etc , then it is going to be a very , very long season for all at Carrick when everyone has been looking forward to so much .
2 Yes , I know everyone has been drinking Bulgarian Cabernet Sauvignon for ages , but Bulgaria has much more to offer , with original grape varieties such as Melnik , Gamza and Mavrud which are not grown elsewhere .
3 Because if you do , you can not fail to be deeply impressed by the very many ways in which high-fibre foods can help you to slim , and to come to the conclusion that the F-Plan is that major slimming breakthrough everyone has been seeking for so long .
4 It 's their last song , the one everyone has been waiting for , it 's their biggest hit — it 's a hysterical cock-up .
5 At the moment everyone has been talking about other people behind people 's backs yeah Shrimp , you got good English !
6 At the moment everyone has been talking about other people behind people 's backs .
7 Fletcher said : ‘ Our batting department has let us down in both Tests , although everyone has been working hard on their game and how to combat their spinners on turning pitches .
8 Not everyone has been having a bad recession , and not everyone believes they must prune radically their investment and marketing budget .
9 And this week the IMF made public what everyone has been saying in private : that there can be little foreign help on offer until the Soviet Union reforms its ‘ rotten ’ economy .
10 We have been taking a lot of coal out these last few days , everyone has been putting the hours in .
11 Everyone has been asking this questions since it was announced that Holiday '91 Presenter Anne Gregg will be leaving the programme later this month at her BBC bosses ' request .
12 I suppose the appeal to me has been making things happen and changing things and feeling quite British about it and proud of what in my very small way I have been able to do in this country and being able to export that abroad and make it a success there .
13 I find myself alone with the steward who tells me has been working on this line for the past twenty-five years .
14 I think one of them has been trying to talk to me . ’
15 The validity of these tests , however , has been assessed by few and unconfirmed studies , in patients who were not taking NSAID , and direct comparison between them has been lacking .
16 In terms of bed numbers it has substantially more relative to population than either London or New York , but like them has been closing short stay beds steadily since the mid-1970s .
17 No-one has been using them long enough to know .
18 I see I 've been slipping up a bit . ’
19 See I 've been getting a kind of rash on my face
20 He said , well you see I 've been smoking .
21 Well I mean I do I 've been doing aerobics a long time .
22 See I 've been coming for years with mouth ulcers .
23 I rub my face quick so she do n't see I 've been crying .
24 If a pet cat has access to the garage where someone has been filling the car 's radiator system with antifreeze at the onset of winter , the animal may see a small puddle on the garage floor , where some has spilled .
25 The user can also lock out his floppy disk drive or input-output port , if the computer 's log-in count indicates someone has been using it illicitly .
26 ‘ I am convinced someone has been trying to poison them , ’ she said .
27 Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow .
28 Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow .
29 Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow .
30 Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow .
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