Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] [v-ing] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he has yet to win since his comeback , The Committee 's performances have been improving most of the time . |
| 2 | ‘ Fan have been growing bored with the sex and drugs and rock and roll syndrome . |
| 3 | Millions of parents have been saying this for months . |
| 4 | The Civil Aviation Authority has ordered cuts in pilots ' hours after the discovery that flight crews have been falling asleep in the cockpit . |
| 5 | Emotions have been running high in the community since James 's body was found on a railway embankment . |
| 6 | Gregory and Gary O'Kane have been looking sharp in the Saffron jersey recently while Jim Close and Sean Paul McKillop are match-winners in their own right . |
| 7 | But few Japanese beverage companies yet make drinks-cans with tab openers that remain attached to the cans — even though companies in the US and Canada have been manufacturing these for almost 15 years . |
| 8 | Canoeists and surfers have been riding one of the biggest Severn Bores that will be seen this year . |
| 9 | Theologians have been arguing this for two thousand years … ’ |
| 10 | The French and the US National Science Foundation have been doing this for some time . ’ |
| 11 | Hundreds of refugees in Srebrenica in eastern eastern Bosnia have been living rough on the streets and eating bread made from corn husks . |
| 12 | Probably , most people have been doing this for ages , but I ca n't remember seeing it , so if it helps anyone , great . |
| 13 | More recently , record company and music publishing A&R staff have been assessing much of the same talent from different standpoints . |
| 14 | He explained that a couple of centuries ago the course was leased out as a rabbit farm and , well , ever since , the creatures have been hopping wild across the four courses . |
| 15 | Keyboard players have been doing this for years , but it 's a revelation to most guitarists . |
| 16 | While the employment rates of lone mothers have been falling those of married mothers have been rising . |
| 17 | Scientists have been studying hundreds of asthma sufferers to see if there 's a family link . |
| 18 | In the clear conditions , anglers have been spotting many of the venue 's double-figure carp but they'ree not feeding , ’ he added . |
| 19 | Police have been getting tough with drivers over the new tyre safety legislation which came into force yesterday . |
| 20 | As the Autumn fox hunting season gets underway , animal rights protestors have been holding one of the biggest demonstrations seen in the region . |
| 21 | The Jarvis ' from Frimley Stables at Aston Upthorpe have been getting ready for their big day . |
| 22 | Some of the horses have been living wild on a hillside overlooking the farm . |
| 23 | For many years our brethren of the turf have been making sure of the accuracy of their finishes ( as well as the propriety of conduct around the bend and down the straight ) by employing photographic scrutiny . |
| 24 | Lately however , many of its opponents have been getting used to the idea . |
| 25 | We would urge you very strongly to er put a deadline er on receipt of er further objections by tomorrow sir but some of these proofs have been missing all of the discussion and they are literally months past their original fixture date . |