Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [pron] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , many governments have extended legislation to other areas , for example , laws which permit police to use a breathalyser test to detect and detain drivers who have been drinking in excess of the alcohol limit . |
| 2 | They first told police they had been hunting for foxes . |
| 3 | Marron told police he 'd been copying what he 'd seen on a pornographic video : Judge Paul Clark said it showed how harmful such videos were . |
| 4 | He also told police he 'd been copying a homosexual video tape . |
| 5 | Then Candy brought forward a witness who assured police he had been drinking with the prisoner in the Star , another central Reading public house , at the time of the murder . |
| 6 | " It is our duty to help foreigners We have been watching you , and would like to help you . " |
| 7 | In the end , Clara , exasperated beyond endurance , brought up once more the possibility of cremation ( not daring to mention , even in her own mind , which had not quite forsaken filial tenderness , the possibility of the once-praised dust cart ) and Mrs Maugham , square , immutable , said quite astonishingly for her , and invoking sanctions she had been deriding for thirty years , that ashes must go to ashes and dust to dust . |
| 8 | This includes women who 've been trying for a test tube baby , have a history of pelvic inflammatory disease or sexually transmitted diseases , have suffered previous ectopic pregnancy , or surgery on their tubes , and those who 've had infertility problems . |
| 9 | Get set for the Kielder Classic , the final race in the Moore Large Series of mountain biking events which have been raising money for Help the Aged throughout the year . |
| 10 | Although we have been playing teams which have been going through crap periods , I think this has worked against us as all the opposition players and fans etc have been desperate for some sort of result . |
| 11 | It 's tempting , but probably inadvisable , to accept their statements — often pat slogans they 've been repeating for years — at face value . |
| 12 | Government changes to the tax system in recent years had allowed the company to come up with a solution which would make shares which had been trading at less than £3 last month to £5 , Mr Ritblat said . |
| 13 | ‘ We have customers who have been using the same set for more than 20 years , ’ he says . |
| 14 | Robert recognized faces he had been trying to avoid for weeks . |