Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] [verb] this [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subjects of the King of England had been doing this in Ireland ever since Strongbow 's invasion in 1169 . |
| 2 | Millions of parents have been saying this for months . |
| 3 | Theologians have been arguing this for two thousand years … ’ |
| 4 | The French and the US National Science Foundation have been doing this for some time . ’ |
| 5 | Probably , most people have been doing this for ages , but I ca n't remember seeing it , so if it helps anyone , great . |
| 6 | Apparently the old man has been hammering this into them for weeks . ’ |
| 7 | A fairly successful artist — he makes abstract expressionist constructions which borrow motifs from primitive ritual — Hopkins has been doing this since the mid-Seventies . |
| 8 | Keyboard players have been doing this for years , but it 's a revelation to most guitarists . |
| 9 | And I think Peter 's been saying this for almost well since he 's come back anyway that , I ca n't work because the stock figures have not been updated . |