Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] have [been] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NIGEL LAWSON has been testing Ivory & Sime 's sense of humour . |
| 2 | Dr Weatherill has been investigating probate inventories for the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries . |
| 3 | Simon Sherwood has been breathing fire about Dragons Den for some time now and could not disguise his delight when the Furry Glen gelding burnt off Musthaveaswig by three lengths at Uttoxeter last month . |
| 4 | Since 1979 , and with increasing impetus since 1989 , negotiations with South Yemen have been taking place towards a merger of the two countries . |
| 5 | Dr Stern has been conducting research at the museum to investigate ancient procedures of glass manufacture . |
| 6 | In the alley itself , Detective Gary Lomax had been keeping watch on the towering fire escape . |
| 7 | When she found that she was pregnant , she turned to her older sister for help , and since the O'Dells knew that Mr Marriner had been paying court to Moira , they assumed he was responsible for her condition . |
| 8 | A former adviser to Roy Hattersley , Mr Hill has been running Labour 's highly effective press and broadcasting machine . |
| 9 | Although Mr Cross has been making music since the early 80s , he 's best known for Ride Like the Wind and the theme tune to Dudley Moore 's film Arthur . |
| 10 | However , since then Mr Barnes has been considering starting proceedings under the 1976 Criminal Law Jurisdiction Act , which allows for prosecutions of individuals in the Republic for offences allegedly committed in Britain . |
| 11 | For the past three years Brenda has been learning German at the Open Learning Centre on site and she puts it to good use on frequent trips abroad . |
| 12 | Eddie Chattaway had been taking part in the tournament for over twenty years before he loosed his winning arrow in 1977 . |
| 13 | Mr Bush has been having trouble with his speed , no doubt about it . |
| 14 | Bryan Burnett 's been getting chatty with that showbiz legend Cilla Black . |
| 15 | Mr Sheffield said a report from a consultant psychiatrist at the hospital stated Mrs Morse had been receiving treatment since 1983 . |
| 16 | Dr Simon Newell , in charge of the neonatal unit , said the couple had been trying for a baby for seven years and Mrs Vince had been undergoing fertility treatment for five years . |
| 17 | Terry and his wife Janice have been fighting Vodaphone with a petition and a stream of correspondence . |
| 18 | Anna Grigorevna had been reading Crime and Punishment in the magazine Russian Herald , and she thought she recognized the object ‘ which played such a big part in the Marmeladov family ’ . |
| 19 | A police spokesman said a Vauxhall Nova driven by Mrs Cowley had been travelling east , while the Mercedes articulated truck driven by John Thompson of Hartlepool was travelling west . |
| 20 | In Durham , Brian Roberts has been studying village plans and has now extended his research to other northern counties , as well as looking at England 's village plans generally . |
| 21 | De Niro 's been raising cash for his next serious project . |
| 22 | of all Fulmars recorded at Selsey Bill have been flying west . |
| 23 | Photobooth Collages , since 1985 , Liz Rideal has been using photograph prints to create large composite pictures . |
| 24 | On Friday night Lord Dersingham had been playing patience . |
| 25 | Ever since they had started the journey Christopher had been chewing barley sugar . |
| 26 | Jodi Evans has been playing basketball since she was 12 . |
| 27 | Following the success of the Bristol-made Byline series , poets such as Adrian Mitchell and Douglas Dunn have been making half-hour documentaries in verse , Words on Film . |
| 28 | The laboratory at Douglas Reyburn has been working flat out to develop over 130 colours for Stoddard Templeton 's new Rannoch range of carpets . |
| 29 | HUDDERSFIELD boss and former Saints coach Alex Murphy has been showing interest in Knowsley Road forward Ian Connor . |
| 30 | Howard Williams has been teaching music at St Peters School in Gloucester since 1973 . |