Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] been [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Senate Judiciary Committee has also been studying evidence that the death penalty discriminates against black Americans . |
| 2 | I expect some of those boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin . |
| 3 | Methods of operation of the Awe barrage since passing into private ownership have again been causing controversy this winter . |
| 4 | The heatwave which stole Ivano 's snowfields has also been wreaking rockfall havoc around the massif , with many normally safe routes becoming places to tread warily . |
| 5 | Erm cos I think a lot of the , I mean a lot of land redistribution had already been taking place in since about the since about January of nineteen forty six , so I think the May the fourth directive is just erm an official , well a secret official acceptance of this . |
| 6 | The Open Software Foundation has apparently been submitting Motif to X/Open Co Ltd on a regular six monthly basis over the last three or four years , sources are saying . |
| 7 | Sanipet has also been winning clean-up contracts for various dog shows , and show committees have been pleased with the results . |
| 8 | Its polythene wrapping looked vaguely torn and grubby , as if members of the Waitrose staff had already been playing catch with it . |
| 9 | The problem will be aggravated by the way that people have recently been using credit more heavily than usual to finance what they buy ( see figures earlier in this chapter ) . |
| 10 | Exploration of the Variscan thrust province in Belgium , southern Germany , and northern France has also been taking place , though on a much smaller scale than in North America , and so far without commercial success . |
| 11 | Work in generic science has also been taking place . |
| 12 | The West had just been sending gold straight to Stalin 's coffers . ’ |
| 13 | Hyundai has also been helping Empress Software do a Korean version of its RDBMS and 4GL under X11 and Open Look . |
| 14 | The Scottish Office has also been giving consideration to reforming school inspection teams , so that members of the public will always be involved . |
| 15 | Its SASOL plant has now been making oil from syn-gas using the Fischer-Tropsch process since 1955 . |