Example sentences of "have been having " in BNC.
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| 1 | Q I have been having trouble with my Knitmaster Transfer Carriage and I always seem to get dropped stitches ; these then run down the knitting and it would be quicker to transfer the stitches by hand rather than use this gadget . |
| 2 | They have been having a moan and a groan recently . |
| 3 | It appears he and his boss have been having a relationship for two years . |
| 4 | My wife Pam has been for some time aware that I have been having an on-going relationship with Suzannah , who I believe is known to some of you . |
| 5 | This year , I have been having a series of informal discussions with Church leaders , the voluntary sector , leading members of the police , probation and prison services , magistrates and others to consider what we can do to get at the roots of criminality . |
| 6 | ‘ Some of the people who have been having a go at Steve are n't fit to tie his shoelaces , ’ retorts Foster , who has been imparting a few words of wisdom to Cram as a former miler-turned-European 5,000m champion himself . |
| 7 | I hope your new proposals will work towards better rail-cycle facilities , as we have been having a lot of problems with Scotrail about the carriage of bikes . |
| 8 | Erm Isaac Azimov writes er , rather amusingly about this , he says why did , why did Weismann bother , he said Weismann was Jewish , of course , Weismann knew that since time immemorial , er , Jewish little boys have been having their foreskins chopped off , Weismann only had to look at his own children , when they were born , to see that even Jewish little boys are born with foreskins . |
| 9 | Two or three people have been having problems with the listserv software here this week , and it 's been to do with personal mail addresses , as shown in the From : field of the header of every message each of us sends . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't realise who he was , and with the security problems hospitals have been having recently , you ca n't be too careful . ’ |
| 11 | Seven hundred children have been having the time of their lives at a special party . |
| 12 | A spokeswoman for the Department of the Environment , said : ‘ We have been having discussions with the local authority associations . ’ |
| 13 | For behind the public posturings , there 's no doubt that both of these gentlemen have been having more than a little local difficulty with their respective parties . |
| 14 | ‘ It is bizarre that , speaking as a Labour voter , I have been having to heap praise on the Conservative Party , which I have opposed all my political life — and here is this remarkable silence from the Labour Party . ’ |
| 15 | Says 24-year-old Alex : ‘ We have been having a great time in Blackpool and are all so excited about coming to Liverpool . |
| 16 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 17 | We have been having lovely weather , so we have been able to get out quite a lot . |
| 18 | It 's funny , I have been having really weird dreams over the last three nights , and I never dream . |