Example sentences of "[to-vb] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What am I supposed to have been looking for ? ’ |
| 2 | He may miss out significant features of style which he happens not to have been looking for . |
| 3 | Wilko was reported to have been looking at Ronnie earlier this season but nothing came of it . |
| 4 | because Shirley seems to have been looking after , anyway she married this Robert |
| 5 | This restriction ensures that section 87 can not be exploited , that there will be no difficulty in identifying a genuine successor and that only bona fide claims to have been residing with the tenant shall succeed . |
| 6 | IBM top brass is said to have been meeting with Hewlett-Packard officials at various locations around the US over the last few days to lobby for their support and an announcement may now be imminent . |
| 7 | In fact , ever since the beginning of the year you seem to have been toying with the idea of making a major career move or change of residence and what transpires sometimes between October 29 and November 3 should enable you to rebuild and reshape your life — and the past with all its traumas and dramas will be placed in their true perspective , if not forgotten altogether . |
| 8 | By dealing in this market , they are taken , unless they expressly agreed otherwise , to have been dealing in accordance with all the customs of the market . |
| 9 | ‘ Search for what , since you 're not after all the heroin , or whatever I 'm supposed to have been ferrying around the islands for a week ? ’ |
| 10 | I appear to have been writing for years , and yet not one sentence has been completed . |
| 11 | THE Princess of Wales is understood to have been objecting to two claims . |
| 12 | Architects are said to have been prowling on the island incognito gathering intelligence for their mission . |
| 13 | Above all , use was made of the great lake in front of the palace , the famous Étang des Carpes , where some of the fish were reputed to have been swimming since the days of Francis I. All sorts of pleasure boats were at the disposal of the guests , ranging from a Venetian gondola to a miniature frigate of the French navy — the latter the pride and joy of the Prince Imperial . |
| 14 | Tony was supposed to have been singing in a Black Sabbath ‘ reunion ’ in the States , which did n't happen for him in the end , but that gave us some breathing space . |
| 15 | He seemed to have been moving for an immeasurable time . |
| 16 | They seemed to have been stumbling through pitch blackness for hours now . |
| 17 | A more carefully prepared training programme and an easier tournament schedule have helped the world No.2 to win three important tournaments in recent months , whereas Le Moignan appears to have been struggling with her motivation . |
| 18 | Emily Faithfull , young , confident and securely middle-class , appears to have been Operating from first principles rather than speaking or understanding the language of journeymen printers . |
| 19 | The first of such groups was Ketley 's Building Society known to have been operating in Birmingham in 1775 . |
| 20 | The new presumption of guilt is most explicit in the 1985 Wildlife and Countryside Act : ‘ If , in any proceedings for an offence , there is evidence from which it could reasonably be concluded that the accused was digging for a badger , he shall be presumed to have been digging for a badger unless the contrary is shown . ’ |
| 21 | Despite the widespread feeling that there had been a victory for parental rights , many of the Dewsbury parents claimed to have been acting for the sake of their children . |
| 22 | On the other hand , the agent does not have to have been acting within the ordinary course of his own particular business or even within the normal course of business of his particular type of trade . |
| 23 | Boucheron , who had been suspended from the PS at his own request in October 1990 , claimed to have been acting in the interests of the party . |
| 24 | In so doing he seems to have been acting in concert with a Roman official called Seronatus . |
| 25 | Then in his fifth year at the school , when he ought to have been aiming for his school certificate which was the next and essential passport for that golden educated future , he left abruptly to work as a haberdasher 's assistant in the local Co-operative store . |
| 26 | Their clothes were an abrasive barrier between them , and her hands were as urgent as his as she peeled off the same black dress she seemed to have been wearing for the past century . |
| 27 | To marry by certificate the couple need to have been living in the district for seven days before applying . |
| 28 | The Emperor is supposed to have considered giving up the Province , and Seneca , who , as one of his advisers was well informed , is said to have been calling in his , or the Imperial , loans . |
| 29 | Jessamy suddenly grew tired of the silly games that everyone seemed to have been playing with her lately . |
| 30 | No but we were supposed to have been playing in er where was it ? |