Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [noun] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | McCaw has been pursuing LIN since June , and some analysts had expected it to raise its bid in wake of the merger agreement with Bell South , the regional telephone utility based in Atlanta , Georgia . |
| 2 | Because he 'd been seeing psychiatrists since 1950 he fancied he was an expert on Freud and wanted to sit in on all our discussions . |
| 3 | Mr Bond has been building rockets since his teens . |
| 4 | In the early 1970s the local firm that had been producing soap since 1943 was closed down by the action of its major shareholder , who also owned an import agency . |
| 5 | The AA has been helping motorists since 1905 . |
| 6 | The SAAF had been operating Dakotas since June 1943 , with a total of 58 on charge , flying principally from southern Africa to North Africa and then into Italy . |
| 7 | Before Kenton & Co. opened he had travelled to Bosbury in Herefordshire to learn the craft of turned rush-seated chair-making from an old man , Philip Clissett , who had been bodging chairs since 1838 . |
| 8 | They have been going hammer-and-tongs since last July and the tour of Namibia . |
| 9 | She had been interviewing people since nine that morning and was tired . |
| 10 | I live in Galway and have been supporting Leeds since 1977–1978 when I think we finished 5th in the first , endured the bad 80 's and have mostly enjoyed the 90's though a couple more trophies would n't go astray . |
| 11 | She had guessed that the reason was something to do with Jennifer for she had known that her sister had n't been well for some while and had been undergoing tests since experiencing stabbing pain in her right eye and numbness in her legs . |
| 12 | Local authorities have been providing hostels since 1959 but only in very small numbers . |
| 13 | ‘ They 've been cutting turf since daybreak , making the most of the good weather . ’ |
| 14 | From what I can gather from Joanie , she 's been taking drugs since her last year at school . |
| 15 | Discussions had been taking place since the middle of last week . |
| 16 | These cold statistics do not show one important trend that has been taking place since 1945 . |
| 17 | Although AMARC was formally established as recently as 1988 , it has gained a worldwide reputation for its community radio conferences , which have been taking place since 1983 . |
| 18 | The period investigated is one of increased interest in political and academic circles in the implications of the decisive shift in the British age structure , towards a higher proportion of older people , which had been taking place since the beginning of the century . |
| 19 | The worst violence yesterday was in the western city of David where the trial had been taking place since July 6 . |
| 20 | Every season he appears in over 100 concerts on all five continents and at major international festivals , including the ‘ IDRIART ’ festivals which have been taking place since 1983 to encourage people to come together from east and west , and in America from north and south , through the international language of the arts . |
| 21 | JSL of Hereford has been making pistols since 1975 , mostly for export . |
| 22 | Although Ryman has been making art since 1954 and belongs to the generation of Jasper Johns , he did not exhibit his work until the later Sixties and was not given a solo museum exhibition until 1972 . |
| 23 | Rourke , who has been making films since Spielberg 's 1941 in 1979 , earned his reputation in 1987 after slamming the producers of A Prayer For the Dying for turning his part into ‘ an Irish Rambo ’ . |
| 24 | Dr Pertwee , of Aberdeen University 's Department of Bio-Medical Sciences , has been studying cannabis since the late 1960s and is now secretary of the International Cannabis Research Society . |
| 25 | I started off playing mid-field er and I was switched to full-back by Billy Bremner at Doncaster half way through this season , and I been playing full-back since like . |
| 26 | Human beings have been munching apples since prehistoric times . |
| 27 | Mr Sheffield said a report from a consultant psychiatrist at the hospital stated Mrs Morse had been receiving treatment since 1983 . |
| 28 | The item that makes everyone tick at PE also lies within the former gunnery hall , but it has been receiving attention since its arrival — within the hold of a Safair L–100 Hercules . |
| 29 | Deminex UK , which has secured another Liverpool Bay licence , has been exploring fields since 1972 and operating on them since 1977 . |
| 30 | Waechter , the party 's moving force since its foundation in 1984 , was the only member of the leadership not to condemn the initiative , which was supported by 18 per cent of delegates at the meeting . |