Example sentences of "been coming [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The penal system wields power over its subjects , but its moral right to do so has been coming under strong attack . |
| 2 | Bristol had previously been heavily involved in the Iceland trade , but had been coming under pressure from increasing Hanse power there , and its merchants may well have been looking for alternative supplies of fish — it is worth stressing that the ships sent out in 1481 in search of the ‘ Isle of Brasil ’ were carrying a large quantity of salt ( 45 , pp.188–9 ; 94 , pp.177–82 ) . |
| 3 | The convoys had been coming through all week . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been coming as a mere visitor . |
| 5 | Ethel shook her head in puzzlement , but a gleam had been coming into Eames 's eyes . |
| 6 | I remember one bloke who was part of a working class West London crowd that had been coming into the shop since the early days . |
| 7 | Under the national enterprise allowance scheme administered by the new training and enterprise councils , 1,000 new businesses have been coming into existence every week this year . |
| 8 | FEWER cattle have been coming into Northern Ireland from the Republic , according to the Livestock Marketing Commission . |
| 9 | The patient 's name was Wayne Benfield and he 'd been coming into the centre for daily dressings to an injured ankle . |
| 10 | We had been coming onto the main road at about five miles an hour when three men had blocked our exit . |
| 11 | Their relationship had been coming to an end and Miss Turner 's parents had arranged for her to go on a holiday to America to deter her from seeing him . |
| 12 | Cook had the afternoon off and she had been coming to grips with her occasional souffle , when the ‘ monster ’ had started its cacophony . |
| 13 | Prices had been driven up 125 per cent since 1914 and the wave of nation-wide strikes and industrial unrest that had been coming to a head on the eve of the great conflict , burst into flame . |
| 14 | Fishing is let each year to the same people , many of whom have been coming to Brora for decades . |
| 15 | He had been coming to Hawaii since he was thirteen and competing since he was seventeen . |
| 16 | Di Driver had been coming to my classes for some time and she knew I was appearing on the programme but I had no idea that she planned on paying me a visit ‘ on air ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ David Mellor and his family have been coming to my restaurant for 18 years and they are my very good friends , ’ says Moziruddin . |
| 18 | Sheriff 's Deputy Mark Ray said Salata had been coming to the secure Polo Club development , where 23-year-old Steffi has a home , at least three times a day for three days in an attempt to see her . |
| 19 | A close friend said last night : ‘ The agony for Graham will have been coming to a decision with Brenda . |
| 20 | Quality DJs from all over the country have been coming to Middlesbrough for the last couple of years , including London DJs who are now returning through the Flying organisation . |
| 21 | Another insight that has been coming to me consistently is that instead of beseeching God to undertake certain actions or to grant certain mercies or blessings we should state our faith that He is already and always at work in the way that we desire , so that our petition becomes an expansion of our address to Him , a relative clause expressing our conviction of faith that He is already doing what we were about to request Him to do . |
| 22 | ‘ People have been coming to me and saying ‘ He 's drinking , you know . ’ ' |
| 23 | The elder of the two had been coming to the house for nigh on fifteen years . |
| 24 | The head told me that Mrs Singh had been coming to school regularly to express concern about Balbinder 's lack of progress . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been coming to games at the Manor since I was 10 … not every week like but since three seasons ago I have n't missed a match — I 've been to them all . |
| 26 | In addition to such major discoveries , many parts of which have not yet been published , other sources have gradually been coming to light or , after long suppression , are being circulated and studied . |
| 27 | She had been coming to Alexandria , to the Hotel Normandie , for a few weeks every spring for almost forty years . |
| 28 | And er an interesting thing had been coming to our house She comes goes to the same church . |
| 29 | And she 'd been coming to our house , Oh about fie or six years , and she said one day to Mary , that 's my wife , says you know , Not strange name , there 's not many of them about . |
| 30 | She has n't been coming to school , Mrs Day . |