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over her trembling with anger .... might have 
been talking to the wall (Ward, Grieve II, 104). 
15. Men da handlingen således ikke længer er begrænset 
til to sider, behøver den heller ikke længer at opfattes som 
gående for sig uafbrudt, men blot som tilhørende et eller flere 
tidspunkter indenfor den sidste tid: 
Where have you been meeting her? (Ward, Mar- 
cella I, 90); af sammenhængen fremgår, at han har 
truffet hende nogle gange i den senere tid; her betegnes altså 
enkelte tilfælder, som er indtrufne nylig: 
Well, so you've been learning French, I can hear 
(Ward, Grieve I, 255). — Well, he's been coming 
several times and giving orders (ib. I, 292). — 
What have you been making secrets about? (ib. 
II, 8). — We are just now occupying the Ghis- 
borne's house at Leghorn....TI have been read- 
ing with much pleasure the Greek romances 
(Shelley, Ess. 323). — Smiles played about her 
lips as she thought of that quiet, grave gentle- 
man of thirty she had been meeting at the Har- 
dens (Ward, Marcella I. 51). She had been at- 
tending one or two cases in and near Brown's 
Buildings (Ward, Marcella III, 172). — Every 
word he had been saying rang false to her (ib. 
II, 191). — The pirate had apparently been 
taking some of the planks on board (Marryat, 
Percival Keane; Listov, Eng. læsestykker s. 4). 
16. Men dette fører videre til en brug af det omskrevne 
perf. og pluskv., som i virkeligheden er stik modsat omskriv- 
ningens egentlige princip, idet derved også kan betegnes en 
enkelt handling, som nylig har fundet sted. Formid- 
lingen sees i følgende eks.: 
Well, then, Dr. Kenn has been preaching agåinst 
buckram, and you ladies have all been sending 
him a round-robin (Eliot, Mill. IT, 128). 
