Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] have [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the range and breadth of coverage I have been talking about can not be done within the existing confines of Radio 4 . |
| 2 | Recently the coal measure type of cycle has been very plausibly explained in terms of climatically controlled ice-sheet surges , and we can very soon get lost in a multitude of explanations of the phenomena I have been discussing in this book . |
| 3 | Having given this example of structuring I perhaps need to make clear some of the terminology I have been using before looking at more examples . |
| 4 | She was singing on stage when we arrived and by the time I had reached my seat I said to the man who was with me , this is the Salome I have been looking for . |
| 5 | If the course of action that I am suggesting and ind which is indeed consistent with the course of action I have been suggesting throughout this enquiry is to work , then I need I would suggest tomorrow is probably the absolute latest for me to get anything from you , and to give the Councils any opportunity whatsoever to make any reply to them . |
| 6 | So one of the big problems with an historical figure , is that erm , you do n't even have that much data to go on , the data you have is gon na inevitably be , be selective and limited . |
| 7 | Thus , this survey combined the two methods we have been looking at above . |
| 8 | To give you some insight into the kind of research we have been doing in order to grasp the concept of innovative climate , I will present two sets of data . |
| 9 | ‘ This is the boost we have been waiting for , ’ says sales director Malcolm Prior . |
| 10 | In this chapter we have been looking at the details of the division of labour to which Ella was referring . |
| 11 | Throughout this chapter we have been coming across the coffins of nobles , all of which had repoussé coronets about the grip-plates and three-dimensional gilt copper versions — usually with gilt wooden baubles and remnants of the cap — sitting on the lid . |
| 12 | Sometimes in this chapter we have been talking about processes , sometimes about artists . |
| 13 | Although the survey was carried out in 1987 , and events in education have moved on with amazing rapidity since then , many of the conclusions that can be drawn from the interviews seem to have retained their relevance , particularly in the context of the issue I have been exploring in this chapter . |
| 14 | The main argument or basic responses you have been searching for are short statements which represent a stance or attitude to the question . |
| 15 | Ron Van Rapphorst of San Diego police said : ‘ We have located the vehicle we have been looking for . |
| 16 | The work we have been doing on the standardisation of company codes has started to pay dividends . |
| 17 | Since December they have been pouring from a new fissure in Etna , 7,500ft above sea level . |
| 18 | Over the past few weeks I have been dipping into the annual report — for last year — of the Medical Defence Union , an outfit that deals with legal claims against doctors for alleged incompetence , negligence and other failings . |
| 19 | I am 23 and for the past three years I have been piling on the pounds without realising it until I finally took a good look at myself weighing in at 12st 3lbs ( 77.5kg ) at 5ft 4ins ( 1.6m ) . |
| 20 | For over thirty years I have been teaching in the public schools of New York City . |
| 21 | My doubts have grown during the years I have been thinking about and then writing this book , but for the moment I will concede that for many scholars and teachers a clarion-call to defend ‘ literature as literature ’ would prove rousing and timely . |
| 22 | For some years I have been thinking of buying a word processor but have not yet taken the plunge . |
| 23 | For over twenty years I have been experimenting with how we show music : not only the work of the orchestra , how they play , but also the way the instruments are brought in as part of the musical argument . |
| 24 | For more than thirty years I have been fighting for them . |
| 25 | Up to this point we have been looking at some fairly clear cases of assimilation across word boundaries . |
| 26 | As well as developing these national awards we have been working with a number of employers and other organisations to develop awards which are tailored to their individual needs . |
| 27 | A crucial assumption of the kinds of statistical calculations we have been referring to is that the sample has been randomly drawn from some population . |
| 28 | He is perfectly right that in recent years we have been eating into that principle , but if we continue to do so , the principle will go , and that is the civil liberties issue which the system of justice has always been anxious to maintain . |
| 29 | ‘ For many years we have been waiting for a mighty star to appear in the heavens and now it has . |
| 30 | In the years we have been going to the Arctic ( at least one summer and one winter trip now for as long as I can remember ) , we have acquired odd niggles . |