Example sentences of "[conj] he has [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
| 2 | Merson does n't hide the fact that he has been struggling with his weight . |
| 3 | The trouble with the right hon. Gentleman is that he has been searching for a way to do nothing about this problem . |
| 4 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 5 | As the hon. Gentleman will know , the recent adjournment is to allow the provisional liquidator to formalise details of the compensation package that he has been negotiating with the Government of Abu Dhabi . |
| 6 | I feel that he has been waiting for me to get home so he can demonstrate this talent . |
| 7 | ‘ As well I know , ’ he said , ‘ or I might be tempted to thrash that cur beside you until he is senseless for what I hear that he has been saying about London of me and mine . |
| 8 | I 've spoken to Gordon at length about this several times and he has been coping with it — but only with difficulty . ’ |
| 9 | No individual can sell or receive commission on investment business , unless he has been working for that same Company for at least five continuous years . |
| 10 | But I 'm happy with my decision to rest him because he has been competing since January , and Ever is an improving horse . ’ |
| 11 | Spurs chief executive Terry Venables said : ‘ I 'm thrilled for Gordon because he has been suffering with this ‘ cheat ’ slur hanging over him . |
| 12 | In a conventional world , the Chancellor would simply roll his forecasts forward as he has been doing for the past two years now . |