Example sentences of "[noun] have been driving " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reubens Barrichello has been driving competitively since he was six . |
| 2 | Global competition in the automobile industry has been driving out many of the smaller firms . |
| 3 | It was five races into the championship before it was discovered Jonny had been driving with a broken chassis , which made it impossible to get his car to handle properly . |
| 4 | She and Jake had been driving back to Lomond View after accompanying Kirsty back to school when Jake had swivelled round in his seat to inform her , |
| 5 | Over recent years , environmental concerns have been driving genuine environmental improvements across a wide range of processes and products . |
| 6 | The whole South Sussex team had been driving round the country in a vast aluminium horse box , evidently the latest thing in America , and Kevin had provided each player with four top-class ponies . |
| 7 | Even though he was still only sixteen , Wayne had been driving the yard 's vehicles around the quiet back roads in the off-season for the past two years . |
| 8 | The squadron had been out on a practice bombing exercise and J. had been driving round the perimeter track that afternoon , inspecting the bomb bays of returned aircraft , and came back to park his vehicle in one of the empty hangars . |
| 9 | As Mary recovered at home in neighbouring Bakewell yesterday , husband Harold , 85 , a retired engineer , said : ‘ Mary has been driving for 17 years , and is very good . |
| 10 | Consumer spending has been driving the economy out of recession this year , but the recovery is patchy and the Chancellor will scrutinise the last detail of every economic statistic in the next month , before he decides whether he can risk raising taxes on November the Thirtieth . |
| 11 | Apparently , Marr had been driving with his wife when he spun out of control and smashed into a brick wall . |
| 12 | Over the eighteenth century higher London wages had been driving some manufactures into the country . |
| 13 | Bruneau had been driving me too hard . |
| 14 | The travellers had been driving for six hours , and as the meter in the cab had been showing a steady sixty miles an hour , they must have covered over three hundred and fifty miles . |
| 15 | ‘ By the look of what 's on the meter some sucker 's been driving around at ground level . |
| 16 | He had underestimated the new mood of his members who had become sick and tired of the never-ending series of disputes , which they knew in their consciences had been driving the Division ever closer to bankruptcy . |
| 17 | Though she had no car of her own just now , Charlotte had been driving , and driving well , for more than four years . |