Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [coord] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist who has been walking and backpacking at home and abroad for over 25 years |
| 2 | … once the CNAA even began to lend its support to this development , there literally was a kind of explosion , and plainly institutions had been looking and waiting for validation in this field … |
| 3 | An elderly person has very delicate skin ; and if he or she has been lying or sitting in bed all day , they may develop pressure sores on the bony parts of the body — the base of the spine , the heels , the elbows or on the shoulders . |
| 4 | Currently supporting over 400 companies in the UK , FCS has been designing and putting into operation distribution systems for over 12 years . |
| 5 | A later post mortem showed the man had been drinking and died of hypothermia during the night when temperatures dropped to — 2 . |
| 6 | Sinews bunched and moved under his skin like oiled spaghetti ; Carson guessed that he 'd been posing and flexing in front of a mirror . |
| 7 | You must have been receiving or entitled to income support or supplementary benefit for a continuous period of 26 weeks ( but one break of 14 days or less will not matter ) . |