Example sentences of "been playing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been playing since February . |
| 2 | He 's been playing since the age of three … |
| 3 | There were two versions of the film , in the violent version a small boy had been playing outside the bank and was shot in the face as the robbers made their getaway . |
| 4 | This view was reflected by one observer in Rabat , who said : ‘ He ( King Hassan ) has so clearly been playing for time . |
| 5 | I had been playing for about five minutes when there was a very loud explosion very close at hand . |
| 6 | The irony for England was that had he decided differently he would have been playing for them rather than against them , for his parents had brought him from Barbados at the age of twelve to live in Reading , and he had played for England schoolboys . |
| 7 | Sure enough , next day saw a procession , only Lamb and Hussain passing thirty , although Smith batted for an hour with a broken finger and it was revealed that Hussain had been playing for five weeks with a broken bone in his wrist and Lamb had a cracked elbow . |
| 8 | After switching codes at the age of 11 when he moved to senior school , he began life as a flanker and it was not until 1973 , when he had been playing for seven years , that he moved to tight-head prop . |
| 9 | By the time that came along I had already been playing for some time . |
| 10 | I have been playing for about 13 years now , and doing so for pleasure . |
| 11 | As all the world knows I 'm now 61 so it follows I 've been playing for yonks , interrupted only by a broken leg and two children . |
| 12 | But why , when she 's been playing for so long , has millions in the bank and leads a very active life outside the tour , does she still have the desire to compete ? |
| 13 | Consequently , they 're always coming in a bit behind the boys because the boys have been playing for a bit longer , and I think it 's very important that if girls are being offered the opportunity that the opportunity is good for them , and that it 's not going to put them off the game of football because they 're always in the position where the boys consider themselves a bit better . |
| 14 | Just as hapless as the plundering Norse overlord he 'd been playing for the past few weeks ! |
| 15 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |
| 16 | both players have agreed their personal terms long ago and at least haaland will travel to england to join forest on new years day.none of these two players would have had a chance under the old rules for work permits — both are under-21 's for norway and both have not been playing for norways world cup team . |
| 17 | The incident happened on Saturday after Mr Pollard had been playing for Newent Town . |
| 18 | The incident happened on Saturday after Mr Pollard had been playing for Newent Town . |
| 19 | The incident happened on Saturday after Mr Pollard had been playing for Newent Town . |
| 20 | The incident happened on Saturday after Mr Pollard had been playing for Newent Town . |
| 21 | I 've been playing for ten years and never hit a hole in one before — now I 've hit two . ’ |
| 22 | Though Alan Watt is back training , he is not included in GH-K 's 24-strong squad , which includes a French No8 , Franck Gruel , who has been playing for the 2nds . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've been playing for our survival for a year and a half now so we are used to it , ’ he said . |
| 24 | He had been playing for Hendon against Centaur , from West Drayton , Middlesex , when he was injured . |
| 25 | It has been playing for more than a year at the group 's Palace Theatre in Manchester , and the Playhouse has taken more than £1 million in advance bookings for it since the box office opened last week . |
| 26 | A judge told William Sim and David Todd that they had been playing for high stakes and had to pay the penalty . |
| 27 | Cecil resigned from the Cabinet and ever since has been playing to full houses when he addresses the Tory faithful . |
| 28 | Apart from performing the worst of all US football teams in 1990 , the team has amassed losses of $20m since Kiam took over and has been playing to 70 per cent capacity despite some improvement this season . |
| 29 | and we ’ ll be previewing the grand prix season in four weeks time … now next week the Oxford playhouse stages one of the sporting mismatches of the year … and cast in the unlikely role of trainer or coach is Alan Ayckbourn who after Shakespeare is the most performed playwrite of all time … the name of the game is a production about rowing called One Over the Eight which has been playing to packed houses in Scarborough |
| 30 | Starring Paul Nicholas , it 's been playing to packed houses for nearly two weeks . |