Example sentences of "[conj] they have been [v-ing] all " in BNC.

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1 The newspaper industry would be just as hard hit … and they 've been using all the means at their disposal to wage war with the Chancellor .
2 And they 've been smashing all different people 's ones .
3 Then , hoping he could remember enough of the ancient language of chivalry and selecting his words with extreme care , he said , ‘ Good Trees , we ask your assistance , ’ and saw the Elms nod to one another meaningfully , as if they had been expecting all along to be asked to do something for the Humans .
4 Even if they had been trying all the years between .
5 When they landed there was no choice but to start the ten-mile journey to Achnacarry Castle on foot , so they set off , even though they had been walking all day .
6 ‘ You see , ’ he went on as though they had been talking all afternoon , ‘ I had no idea until this morning that you were in the same state as I. ’
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