Example sentences of "[conj] they have been [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prussian banks found that they had been lending increasing amounts to the Junkers to maintain a lifestyle rather than to finance the modernisation of facilities and improve agricultural methods . |
| 2 | Yes sir he told me that er would know because they ha had been together in prison and that he also had information that they had been planning armed robberies together . |
| 3 | They acknowledged only that they had been playing loud music and having innocent fun . |
| 4 | In a recent South African trial resulting from a rail accident , the drivers concerned denied responsibility on the grounds that they had been working compulsory 18-hour shifts . |
| 5 | Lots of inquiries about Foster and Allen they 're coming on the programme later they 've just got number one for the first time with their new video with their new single I do n't know I 'm not quite sure we 'll find out when they get here well they 've just got number one for the first time and they 've been trying hard for a long time . |
| 6 | There is n't er er there is no , people have gone because they 've been doing other things other than er . |
| 7 | Hence my association with Flip , because they 've been doing second-hand clothes for 20 or 30 years . |
| 8 | 50,000 children are admitted into hospital each year because they have been drinking harmful products . |
| 9 | As she 'd said to Ben when they 'd been getting ready to go to bed last night , you could practically feel the highly charged sexy atmosphere between that pair of love-birds ! |