Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] have [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 've been systematically checking out all the other bars in the city . ’ |
| 2 | UNDERSTANDABLY there has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the demise of West Malling ( West Malling Lament , October issue , et al ) but I am amazed that the people most affected by its loss made no attempt to save it from destruction . |
| 3 | ‘ Until now we have been unsuccessfully trying to break into the lower end of the market ’ says Len Saunders , managing director of the eponymous Emsworth , Sussex-based company . |
| 4 | Since then we have been steadily searching for another prize to go with the vouchers . |
| 5 | You 've had more than enough time to tell me , and by keeping quiet since we met again you 've been effectively lying . ’ |
| 6 | On this basis , the utility reduction has been felt not when the real resources are used buy in the future when interest payment and repayments are made , i.e. there has been forward shifting in time . |
| 7 | The first was Jock Lewes who was in Tobruk , where he had been successfully carrying out small raids against the surrounding enemy outposts . |
| 8 | Behind him she was vaguely aware of Jim Lewis grinning as he uncoiled his tall frame from where he had been half sitting on the edge of the table . |
| 9 | Within minutes we were discussing a recent television series adapted from a classical novel and disagreeing about why it had been so unsatisfying . |