Example sentences of "been looking after " in BNC.
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| 1 | St. Jennifer , Big Sister , Robin Hood of the workers — Who 's been looking after Mummy , d' you imagine ? ’ |
| 2 | He now has two gardeners working full time : Dennis , a grand old boy who has scarcely been out of Gloucestershire in his life — and has been looking after foxhounds for the Duke of Beaufort for most of it ; and Trevor Jacobs , a younger and professionally qualified horticulturist . |
| 3 | ‘ The sergeant has been looking after us very beautifully though . |
| 4 | Mrs Hiscocks , a divorcee , had been looking after a 650-acre wildlife sanctuary at Abuko for Mr Brewer , while he was in the UK for medical treatment . |
| 5 | The object in question was Franca 's divan bed , the one she had slept on in the upstairs spare room when she had been looking after Patrick . |
| 6 | ‘ Up to now , many of these people have been looking after themselves . |
| 7 | Companies have also been looking after their shareholders . |
| 8 | Someone had been looking after the garden , you could see that . |
| 9 | Has Richard been looking after you ? ’ |
| 10 | Afterwards , the representative from the film company said , ‘ I 've been looking after him for two weeks and that 's the first time I 've seen his teeth … . ’ |
| 11 | The reason the peseta has not blown before now may be because the Bank of Spain has been looking after its currency in a novel way . |
| 12 | Although the virus has now disappeared , RSPCA staff have been looking after orphaned pups , seals damaged by fishing nets and victims of gales , as well as treating a variety of birds . |
| 13 | The nurse who had been looking after Julie escorted her to theatre and stayed with her until she had been introduced to the theatre nurse . |
| 14 | The first defendant had known the deceased for some seven years and said in evidence that for the 3 or 3½ years before the deceased 's death he had been looking after the deceased . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been looking after my aunt , sir , who 's just died . ’ |
| 16 | I 've been looking after him , have n't I , Martin ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ She 's been looking after Angharad , ’ said Beuno . |
| 18 | Mr Redmond had been looking after the woodyard where he worked while his employer was on a cruise to restore his health , and Sarah told Anne that her father had been given fifty pounds as a mark of appreciation when his employer returned . |
| 19 | I 've been looking after myself of course and I got together her lunch at sits , I sit all the time . |
| 20 | — If he got the answers he expected , that Rhoda had kept William Egan 's money in some hiding place and that Roxie had been looking after her brother 's moneybags , and that all three women had been spending what they were supposed to be hoarding , then he knew what was causing the atmosphere he had picked up at Roxie 's house . |
| 21 | And I 've been looking after you since then . |
| 22 | ‘ Has n't anybody been looking after you or bringing you food ? ’ |
| 23 | Joe , who was an outstanding goalkeeper in the Irish League and had a spell of management with Ards , has been looking after Ireland 's senior badminton players since the 1978 European championships in Preston and over the years he has had an excellent working relationship with the players , motivating them and looking after their fitness . |
| 24 | has been looking after her younger brothers and sisters since they were made wards of court when their parents were sent back to India . |
| 25 | has been looking after her younger brothers and sisters since they were made wards of court when their parents were sent back to India . |
| 26 | We also have a a budgeting process er for the er for the firm 's year and we 're right in the throes of that right now for next year for ninety four , ninety five but it wo n't be any surprise to you that the recession er hit the office like any other business or the businesses that you go and see , er quite significantly , er the businesses that we 've been looking after , they 've stopped investing , they 've stopped looking at I T issues and have become very cautious and they 've basically taken stock as to where their position is . |
| 27 | They are the couple who have been looking after the twins , and it was they who first contacted my mother earlier this morning . |
| 28 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 29 | She 'd been looking after her father , who 'd become ill , probably because of the fumes . |
| 30 | He and his wife have been looking after Mother and daughter while she was treated at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford . |