Example sentences of "been [v-ing] much [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus planning permission had been granted ( on 22 December 1975 , close enough to Christmas for no-one to have been paying much attention ) and the period for appealing the planning permission was past before local residents discovered that Raybestos Manhattan would be processing and emitting asbestos , a highly toxic pollutant and confirmed mass killer . |
| 2 | She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side . |
| 3 | He had n't been paying much attention to what Throgmorton had been talking about on the way here , but he recalled his ears had caught the unpleasant words ‘ casting vote ’ , and ‘ your important role as president ’ . |
| 4 | For the past few minutes she had not really been paying much attention to the direction and she looked round worriedly . |
| 5 | I know you have n't been doing any English and that , but erm , have you have you been doing much reading ? |
| 6 | Just because even though they do n't talk very much any more and stuff and he probably has n't been spending much time with her , |