Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [noun prp] have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenny Pitman 's been hit with flu … so assistant David Stait has been getting Gary ready for the gold cup … |
| 2 | Twenty eight year old Susan Magill has been trying a homoeopathic approach to help her improve her diet and lose weight . |
| 3 | Friends and neighbours of the murdered eight-year old Sean Williams have been putting flowers outside the block of flats where he was found . |
| 4 | Since taking over from Left-winger David Hunt , former Thatcherite Mr Redwood has been trying to reassure the Welsh that there will be no dramatic change in Welsh Office policy . |
| 5 | World War I veteran Mr Brownbill has been waiting two years to see if his application for a house renovation grant would be successful . |
| 6 | Fraud squad officers investigating the affairs of the late Robert Maxwell have been searching the Oxfordshire home of his son , Kevin . |
| 7 | Louisa was surprised by the arrival and glad of it , for young Frank Wharton had been ragging mercilessly her occasional graceless descents to the ice , petticoats and undergarments protruding from her skirt , skates flailing above them . |
| 8 | The thieves took £80 that 73-year-old Peggy Metcalfe had been saving for the past three months . |
| 9 | The thieves took £80 that 73-year-old Peggy Metcalfe had been saving for her electricity bill . |