Example sentences of "[pron] has been [v-ing] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fleet Street , which has been spending millions for years trying get the formula right , holds the opposite point of view . |
| 2 | Jim is a founder member of the Elderslie Boys Club — which has been going strong in the area for seven years — and the Stoddards employee has himself contributed 17 years to Boys football . |
| 3 | ‘ But it 's a lot of money for something which has been lying dead for twelve years . ’ |
| 4 | People living near a rubbish tip which has been burning unchecked for six weeks fear their health is at risk . |
| 5 | The rapist , who has been living rough in wooded , hilly countryside , grabbed his latest victim in a village near Chippenham , Wilts . |
| 6 | Our disclosure will of course interest Fergie , who has been spending most of her time with John Bryan but undoubtedly still wears the red and black £100-apiece underwear which she bought from Janet . |
| 7 | Ironically , it has been one of the board 's own employees , Dr Ross Hesketh , who has been questioning many of the rather bland assurances on what has happened to British plutonium from the civil programme . |
| 8 | But as Ian McGeechan himself said : ‘ He has been playing some of the best rugby of his life . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It would appear that this Adamantios Andropulos , who is Hawkins 's temporary guest-I could well imagine that Admiral Hawkins would use the term ‘ guest ’ even if this unfortunate were clapped in irons in some shipboard dungeon — has an account with a Washington bank , name and address supplied , of some eighteen million dollars , and would we kindly make enquiries to see if he has been disbursing any of this of late and , if so , in what direction . |
| 10 | A privately owned half-timbered cottage ( mostly 16th-century ) with pantiled roof and porches , it has been standing empty for years |