Example sentences of "[adj] that [pron] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this that we have been displaying and using in publications . |
| 2 | I can not comment on details of the negotiations because I do not know the details of what is actually happening today , but it is quite clear that we have been arguing that matters affecting foreign policy should continue to be decided under the auspices of intergovernmental co-operation . |
| 3 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 4 | It was clear that she 'd been taking him for a ride , in that there was no ride in it for him at the end of the process . |
| 5 | However , his wife , Eleonora Popa , confirmed on March 2 that he had been receiving " anonymous threats " for over two months and that he had received no support from the Justice Ministry , which had confiscated his suicide letter . |
| 6 | His eighth point is another that we have been pushing — that Gerstner should not fooled into thinking the ‘ services ’ business will automatically become IBM 's saviour . |
| 7 | It really should not strike you as odd that I have been enquiring into your affairs — if I may so phrase it . |
| 8 | The patient was also quite unaware that he had been rubbing his chest just prior to fainting . |
| 9 | Blend Six that you 've been trying out here is pretty much my baby , although everything really is a team effort , but that 's why Jason has sent me out here to deal with it . ’ |
| 10 | So er they told Mi told Michael in the car the car this morning , point blank that we 've been getting run around ! |
| 11 | Suddenly conscious that she had been holding her breath , Katherine pulled the door closed and then leaned back against the wall , aware of the pounding of her heart . |
| 12 | Conscious that she had been crawling around in the hot sunshine for some time without a hat , she retired a short distance to the shade of some trees , sat down on a convenient boulder and tried to conjecture how Alain Gebrec might have spent his last moments . |
| 13 | She was quite attractive except for a very nasty skin condition , her face and arms were covered with a large number of pustules and it was obvious that she had been scratching them ; the scratch-marks were bleeding slightly . |
| 14 | I picked one of them up and was struck to the heart , for it was obvious that he had been writing a lot of poetry , all of it , so it seemed to me , very good . |
| 15 | The Holy Spirit out of all that we 've been speaking about and listening to you can give us the end of the sentence . |
| 16 | I did n't tell your mum that I 'd got it on you see she said now all that I 've been saying ! |
| 17 | But he added : ‘ That said , I must say I am extremely pessimistic about the future of the plant , given all that I have been hearing these last few days . ’ |
| 18 | But do n't lets knock it to death do n't lets kick it this place saved my life I almost killed myself trying to fulfil those that we 've been talking about . |
| 19 | Hubert Thomas , the father of Gordon Thomas , told the Parliamentary Committee of 1893–4 that he had been advising his Committee to buy the Union for some thirty years . |
| 20 | She was adamant that she had been wearing her G-string at the time — round her ankle . |
| 21 | Silicon Amnesia Sir : I bought your magazine for the first time this month and was very annoyed that I have been missing out on an excellent value piece of publishing catering to beginners ( me ) and experienced alike . |
| 22 | She was surprised to find that it was still not too late , only lunchtime actually , and she was further surprised when Felipe merely informed the other two that they had been driving in the mountains . |
| 23 | A lunch with the Capo dello Squadro Anti-Terrorismo that he had been waiting a year for , a session with a good guy in the Guardia di Finanze , and a squash game with Dieter who was number two to the Legal Attaché , and he just did n't know whether he 'd be back before the Little League All Stars trip to Naples and the game against the Sixth Fleet which was the high point of the season which they played now courtesy of the Italian sunshine into late fall . |
| 24 | I knew that I always overestimated the time these outings took , but I was certain that we 'd been going for over two hours , and still we were crashing on . |
| 25 | I was surprised that he had been listening and seemed interested now . |
| 26 | Erm there 's also a very strange statement in paragraph which says that the nineteen sixty eight act is intended to provide a network of sites to enable gypsies to move around or settle , but in practice many gypsies are settled on permanent sites and it seems to me that that is the logical result of having insufficient pitches in that if th you know there are n't enough pitches for you , you are not going to get up and go from a permanent that you 've been living on and move off in case you ca n't one somewhere else and that seems to be the inevitable logic of the government 's own failure to make sure that there is adequate provisions in local sites . |
| 27 | She was suddenly aware that she had been looking forward to her new life in Portugal far more than she had realized . |
| 28 | Aware that she had been staring at him for rather a long time , she blinked and asked hastily , ‘ Did you sort out your business ? ’ |
| 29 | She was dimly aware that she had been treating her friends badly . |
| 30 | Dawson was aware that she 'd been combating a bout of ill-temper since he 'd arrived . |