Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world . |
| 2 | The two teams arrived in the northern capital from Beijing where they had been competing in the Asian Games . |
| 3 | The sightseers on the banks of the river , who , sensing something afoot , had been gathering for a few hours , dodged about , seeking a view between bushes . |
| 4 | So I could n't agree more , and that will be taken up in the fairly near future , following the information that I 've been gathering in the various meetings that I 've been having round the country on this . |
| 5 | Headteacher Terry Anderson said staff had been struggling in the cramped conditions since the school was opened in 1985 . |
| 6 | Then it had suddenly been galloping over the sleeping bodies of a large wolf pack and , again , its mad speed had been such that the furious yelping had been left far behind . |
| 7 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 8 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 9 | It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is … |
| 10 | Under Cause and Onset look at what has been happening in the preceding hours or days to the onset of the illness and consider the speed with which the illness came on and the order of events . |
| 11 | A few moments later , acquitted defendant Daniel Winter , who 'd been listening to the closing speeches , ran from the building . |
| 12 | He had n't been listening to the worried discussions behind him . |
| 13 | In Chapters 3 and 4 we have been looking at the major groups of institutions that participate in the financial system . |
| 14 | Over the last few months I 've been looking at the different types of files you 'll find on a PC — here 's a quick recap to refresh your memory . |
| 15 | We 've been looking at the contrasting features of these two . ’ |
| 16 | Following our discussions , I have been looking into the financial aspects of the timeshare proposal . |
| 17 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 18 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 19 | Although I 've been writing about the latest machines this month , I shall be including the older models in later articles . |
| 20 | Wordsworth 's poetic fluency had never been greater , and the landscape near Tintern Abbey , revisited after an absence of five years , released from him a stream of meditative blank verse quite different in style from the humble poems of rural life he had been writing for the Lyrical Ballads . |
| 21 | Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days . |
| 22 | The convergence of geopolitical events , of the consequences of the technology that has been fermenting in the post-war years , of new ideologies , of government processes are of a scale and significance unprecedented for half a century . |
| 23 | Trade creditors , including Western Digital Corp , Seagate Technology Inc , Microsoft Corp , IBM Corp , Conner Peripherals Inc and Quantum Corp , have been operating as an unofficial creditors ' committee and are expected to become members of the Official Committee . |
| 24 | ‘ I have been living in a Social Services Home for about seven years . |
| 25 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 26 | Tobacco advertising through sponsorship and billboards had been waiting like the last prisoners on death row for eight months following a cabinet announcement in April 1992 that the end of their last ditch stand was nigh . |
| 27 | It 's been going on a few days this game . |
| 28 | Once you 've been going to the same shops a lot , y'know , just standing around and not buying anything , they get to know you . |
| 29 | Henry 's been going through the old ledgers but can not find any sign of a fiddle . |
| 30 | Over the past fifteen years concern has been growing over the environmental effects and social costs of ‘ acid rain' . |