Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [verb] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no doubt that that has been happening in the country at large and that they have now been rumbled . |
| 2 | ‘ 63 teams from all over the UK took part , and it was clear that many had been training for months . |
| 3 | Gentlemen ushers in knee-length black tunics fuss about , directing last-minute guests to their seats , although most have been waiting for the best part of an hour , making stilted smalltalk to conceal their pride . |
| 4 | If this has been leaking for some time then the transfer box is probably low on oil . |
| 5 | And do you think , if this has been going on all the years it must have , he 's going to stop now ? |
| 6 | But that has been happening for hundreds of years . |
| 7 | But that has been happening for hundreds of years . |
| 8 | About half of the patients had been waiting for their notes for less than six weeks , but 19 had been waiting for over six months , 14 for over a year , and six for over two years . |
| 9 | Now , while this had been happening to the fisherman , his poor dumb wife was left alone in the lonely hut . |
| 10 | County clubs , meanwhile , can help by welcoming former players , be they great or small , and in particular by forming old player associations , as Somerset has done in the last few seasons , as some have been doing for decades . |