Example sentences of "been reading [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 2 | ‘ She had been reading her stars on a daily basis like everybody does . |
| 3 | He might have been reading her mind . |
| 4 | ‘ And pears , ’ interjected Gwendolen , who had been reading her guide books . |
| 5 | The others , I explained , could be anywhere , as everyone had been reading them . |
| 6 | She 's been reading them up for days . ’ |
| 7 | People had been reading him , recommending the books to each other , lending them . ’ |
| 8 | Despite the lecture she 'd been reading herself , excitement had put colour in her cheeks and made her clear golden-brown eyes sparkle . |
| 9 | Josh had the newspaper spread out in front of him on the table , but Ruth felt sure that he had not been reading it ; she doubted if he even knew it was there . |
| 10 | Someone must have been reading it during an attack of constipation . |
| 11 | ‘ He 'd been reading it . |
| 12 | I mean it would be nice , I 've been reading it this afternoon , it would be lovely Gary |
| 13 | So , NME , you 've reached 40 and I 've been reading you for more than half that time . |
| 14 | Billy must have been reading his thoughts . |
| 15 | ‘ Michael 's been reading his book of Things a Director 's Supposed to Say again , ’ a voice murmured somewhere above her ear , and Shannon turned with a grin to the tall blonde woman at her side . |
| 16 | Grandad , who had been reading his paper , said , ‘ Eh , I 'd like to help with the cleaning but you see I promised Angus up at the farm that I 'd help him with the lambs today . ’ |
| 17 | he 's been reading his horses . |
| 18 | Gina went down the stairs feeling as if she had been reading someone 's letters , or had been forced to eavesdrop on a conversation she did n't want to hear . |
| 19 | Ma'am , I have been reading my Bible and am left in no doubt that I have sinned and am paying the just penalty for sin and I repent strongly but to no avail as yet . |
| 20 | I trust that you have been reading my peerless prose this lovely morning . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not quite such a coincidence as I seem , ’ she said , ‘ I 've just been reading my uncle 's book on Aurae Phiala , that 's why I came to have a look at the place for myself . |
| 22 | You say hello to her , you assume she has been reading your mail or listening in to your private telephone calls ( actually I never did either ) , and you tell her when you do not wish to be disturbed . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , ’ they continue , ‘ we 've been reading your columns and we 're just a little bit worried that you might mean it when you say that the European Community is a fraudulent delusion ; the German economy is kaput ; the French are morally bankrupt ; racism is becoming endemic ; America 's had it ; Britain 's in for five years of total chaos and the middle-classes will soon be taking to the streets . |
| 24 | Er Mr , you have of course just been reading your special statement , erm document number five , and there is left the erm additional two pages which makes these er submissions . |
| 25 | " I 've been reading your letters , " she said . |
| 26 | The last thing I heard you say before I left the receiver to its own devices was something like ‘ Some of us here have been reading your books … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Have you been reading our Hindustan Times ? ’ |