Example sentences of "[noun sg] have be [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Multi-processors seem to be the flavour of the day at the moment and IBM Corp has been promising a multi-processing addition to its RS/6000 line for some time , so it 's not too surprising that we hear it 'll announce one in around six weeks for delivery later in the year . |
| 2 | Edinburgh University has been running a Media and Theological Education project since1986 to look at ways in which the media affect people 's perceptions of the world , themselves and God . |
| 3 | The southern icy continent has been yielding a harvest of strange meteorites |
| 4 | One of the best known names in football has been teaching a group of schoolchildren some of the skills which took him to the top of the game . |
| 5 | Crews from four fire stations threatened with closure have been holding a demonstration against the plans . |
| 6 | Dickinson 's view that early Anglo-Saxon archaeology lacks a good theoretical framework is an extraordinarily isolationist one , when archaeology has been undergoing a revolution in thinking since the beginning of the 1960s and which has been dominated by theoretical considerations appropriate to all archaeological periods , including the post-Roman periods . |
| 7 | Despite the often flagrant commercialism of its rather lightweight extravaganzas , the Palais has been running a deficit well beyond its more than C$2 million annual subsidy from the city . |
| 8 | But unknown to the gunman , a little boy had been stealing a ride on the bar under the carriage , and he saw it all . |
| 9 | The girl had been seeing a lot of another young man , an estate agent called Jose , and that association continued after the marriage — long after ! |
| 10 | Over the past couple of years , Waverley Borough Council have been considering a number of plans to redevelop the area and it was recently decided that because of the state of the building it should be demolished . |
| 11 | It appears he and his boss have been having a relationship for two years . |
| 12 | Like Terry Venables calling for a pre-match arsenic , the old trouper knows that the best way to disarm your critics is to make ‘ em laugh , but the joke has been wearing a bit thin , and it was with some relief that he swopped his sheepish smile for a satisfied one . |
| 13 | A former inmate at Gloucester jail has been telling a jury how a senior prison officer beat him across the back . |
| 14 | The style of the Victorian era has been enjoying a revival , first with the conservatory and now reproduction cloches . |
| 15 | Teachers , with a professional nose for the job had been handling a range of social issues , especially under the general heading of PSE ( Personal and Social Education ) . |
| 16 | The crew has been expecting a return to the Gulf . |
| 17 | The policeman had been investigating a burglary in which a Midland cash card , a portable CD player , a Hitachi portable television set , a silver bracelet , an 18-carat gold chain and St Christopher and five silver necklaces were stolen . |
| 18 | The commando had been planning a car bomb attack in Seville during its April fair . |
| 19 | ‘ Because she 's still fixated with her idea that Old Red 's been carrying a torch for your aunt for years , and it 's now burst into a fine new flame . |
| 20 | ‘ Gran 's been making a cake ! ’ |
| 21 | For the last 5 years , chemists in Gloucestershire which display this sign have been operating a needle exchange system . |
| 22 | ( Station Lane where the water authority has been installing a pipe is especially in need of repair . ) |
| 23 | A beautician has been telling a court she thinks Olympic javelin thrower , Tessa Sanderson , is a bitch for stealing her husband . |
| 24 | The paper had been running a series of articles on junior members of the Government and it was Berowne 's turn . |
| 25 | Tabitha wondered how long the woman had been scratching a living on the waterways , complaining to uncaring passengers , never quite summoning up the cash or the strength to take the long haul home . |
| 26 | A qualified nurse Pamela Armstrong said that she and two other woman had been running a stall in the Bootle Strand shopping centre . |
| 27 | While we had been lording it in the Solent , Alert had been making a name for herself in Shetland as a stand in for Venturous . |
| 28 | A man has been telling a court how he tried to save the life of his brother . |
| 29 | It is set in Peru where the stunt man has been making a movie . |
| 30 | The man who designed Princess Diana 's wedding dress has been presenting a school fashion show . |