Example sentences of "[conj] have been [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the same bank that has been making the public loan to the government also stores the overseas private deposits from private nationals . |
| 2 | The representatives of nations and organizations that had been preserving a cautious neutrality now swelled the flock , gabbling about friendly relations and mutual benefit . |
| 3 | The next day the Iranian military unit that had been guarding the American embassy was ordered to return to its barracks . |
| 4 | ‘ She paid her own ticket from Australia for the interview , and has been running a much-respected heavy metal magazine there , ’ said Dave . |
| 5 | Woman A ( all interviewees are anonymous ) is married and has been having a long-term affair with her parish priest . |
| 6 | Mrs Fellows , admitted for an operation on her varicose veins , is adequately hydrated and has been following the dietary advice she was given in the Outpatient Clinic and has managed to lose some weight . |
| 7 | He had given up writing poetry and had been living the duplicitous life of a critic deciphering his own works , but when he fell in love with Howard 's wife Elizabeth his former self was reawakened and he ceased to believe in his own existence . |