Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Direct Line Insurance is Britain 's largest direct insurer and had been running at 100,000 new policies or thereabouts for three years . |
| 2 | They had already become British subjects and had been trading in corn from the United States of America and morocco to Madeira . |
| 3 | By 1975 local expenditure represented over 20 per cent of GNP in Scandinavian countries and had been increasing substantially in other parts of Europe ( Newton 1980:8 — 9 ) . |
| 4 | Gen Morillon had arrived late on Thursday to try to negotiate safe passage for the trapped British-led convoy and had been planning to leave yesterday when his party of about 15 was blocked in . |
| 5 | It 's got nothing to do with the fact that he got bent out of shape at an early age and has been shaping laughs out of the kinks ever since . |
| 6 | We pray for those who are unwell ; for those who have sick relatives and have been caring for them ; for those who are housebound , or are reluctant to come out of their homes ; for those who have had to work today ; for students away on courses ; for those who are away from Exeter today . |
| 7 | Tony Quinn is an expert in holistic therapy and has been studying and working in the field for years . |
| 8 | Nor does it rely principally on my experience in classrooms , though I have been , briefly , a secondary schoolteacher and have been visiting schools and working with young people in a variety of ways on and off for the last sixteen years . |
| 9 | this has inaugurated a new kind of critical atmosphere and has been gathering conviction at the institutional and managerial level just as much as in the studios and in the discussions around art . |
| 10 | Robyn 's mother , Vera Williams , of Wilton Village , who is now looking after Penny , said since her daughter had her baby she had suffered postnatal depression and had been taking various prescribed drugs . |
| 11 | He had drunk three glasses of home-made wine and had been trying to watch a film on television , but was unable to get interested in it . |
| 12 | The tank has an undergravel filter and a internal filter and has been running problem-free for about four months . |
| 13 | He was a bulky man and had been walking the streets and the sweat was running off him . |