Example sentences of "[noun] have [be] [v-ing] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Katharine Church has been painting portraits all her life , and at nearly 80 , has come to the conclusion that women portraitists are handicapped both by marriage ( in her case , to Anthony West , son of Rebecca West and H. G. Wells ) , and by the subjects they are ‘ allowed ’ to paint . |
| 2 | ‘ Only that Humber 's been raising Cain all day about having to carry D.I.L.s in Marcus proper and Marcus Small Ward , and how , though she 's willing , she ca n't be in two places at once . ’ |
| 3 | Many Eastern religions have been using techniques such as yoga and meditation for many centuries and both of these techniques hold much common ground with modern clinical relaxation methods . |
| 4 | Harry Scott ( 81 ) , from Jordanstown has been telling stories all his life . |
| 5 | That statement on Monday about ongoing negotiations with Microsoft Corp , intended to arrest a long slide in the share price of Micro Focus Plc ( CI No 2,143 ) failed to prevent the shares shedding another 78 pence in Monday trading , leaving them at 2,110 pence , a far cry from the £30 they touched on February 15 : acceleration of the trend towards downsizing should if anything bring increased business to the company for its Cobol products over the next two or three years , and the signs are that as usual , the market has been overdoing things both ways — the shares were probably too high at £30 but are probably close to a bargain at £20 . |