Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] has [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past three years my department has been collaborating with a training programme for general practitioners based at the Conceicao Hospital in Porto Alegre , a large city in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of around 1.5 million . |
| 2 | Since you left me so abruptly , my mind has been teeming with a whole variety of things I 'd like to do to you . ’ |
| 3 | My wife has been looking at some furniture catalogues and tells me we would need about £1000 per chair . |
| 4 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 5 | The genesis of political consciousness towards conservation programmes arose in very different circumstances , but its development has been moving in the same directions as family planning programmes . |
| 6 | Le-eyo was distinguished by an error which mankind has been trying to right ever since . |
| 7 | Gossips down in Houston insist that Compaq Computer Corp will announce its withdrawal from the Advanced Computing Environment initiative within a couple of weeks because its business is making very high volume personal computers , and it ca n't see the MIPS Computer Systems Inc RISC-based machines ever reaching those kinds of volumes ; no-one was available to comment at Compaq but its strategy has been shifting over the past year — the investment in Silicon Graphics Inc has been sold , and founder and president Rod Canion was ousted from the company after differences over strategy . |
| 8 | Her salary has been growing to the point where she feels she can afford to buy a home and it promises to climb much further over the next few years . |
| 9 | ‘ His department has been saying to us in recent weeks that we could not have the classrooms and toilets we need because there are empty places in other schools . |
| 10 | An eighty five year old man who was beaten up and robbed at knifepoint at his home has been talking about his ordeal . |
| 11 | All this time his friend has been tugging at my shoulder . |
| 12 | His wife has been suffering from severe depression , serious enough for her to be treated as an outpatient at the local hospital , for some 18 months . |
| 13 | To what ex what I 'm saying is , To what extent has been living in the flats , has contributed the life on the flats that they 're in . |
| 14 | Your son-in-law has been sleeping with this girl at work for the best part of 11 years and presumably he 's been having his conjugals in the matrimonial bed , too . |
| 15 | Your mistress has been ringing for you this past fifteen minutes ! ’ |
| 16 | I hope your mind has been working in an expansive way and that you have thought more about your future . |
| 17 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 18 | ‘ I can see that your uncle has been talking to you about us , ’ Sophie said drily , ‘ but you do n't understand . |