Example sentences of "[conj] have [be] [v-ing] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sandra was nearly fourteen her mother had suddenly grabbed hold of her by the knobbly clothes-prop in the sloping garden and delivered up the one piece of advice that had been fermenting in that already greying head for decades . |
| 2 | One hundred years ago this month a distinguished group of chemists met in Geneva to resolve a crisis that had been developing in organic chemistry . |
| 3 | There are some TNCs that have been operating in Latin America , Africa and Asia for decades and have won enviable reputations as model employers . |
| 4 | He had grown up in Weston-super-Mare and had been working in local radio in Bristol before joining us in the mid 1970s . |
| 5 | At all material times he and his family have been homeless within the meaning of section 58 of the Housing Act 1985 and have been living in temporary accommodation provided by the council , the local housing authority , under section 63 of the Act . |
| 6 | I assure the hon. Gentleman that , as and when abuses are drawn to the attention of the regulator or the prosecuting authorities , the correct action will be taken , as has been happening in recent months . |
| 7 | Or we may live to see the vines ploughed up and turned into orchards as has been happening in other areas . ’ |