Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] have [be] [v-ing] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since these results are obtained in animals that have been living in a normal environment , they mean that the clock originates , at least in these animals , from an abnormal ‘ internal ’ structure , the chromosome . |
| 2 | They had already become British subjects and had been trading in corn from the United States of America and morocco to Madeira . |
| 3 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 4 | Meantime , do n't throw away the sloes that have been steeping in the gin ; use them instead to make a wicked fruit pie with the bitter taste of sloe sweetened by the addition of sugar . |
| 5 | Golden shares will prevent the French water companies that have been investing in the British water industry from bidding outright for five years . |
| 6 | However , according to Zakrewski the government has ruled that the duty-free import quotas will only be divided up among home-grown or foreign companies that have been assembling in Poland for two years , while other firms will face levies at the old rates . |
| 7 | Potted primulas and other plants that have been standing in frames can be brought into the greenhouse now . |
| 8 | It solidified the tentative ideas that had been evolving in Whitehall since the drafting of the 1952 Global Strategy paper ; and it was , in many respects , ahead of thinking in Washington , where traditional military orthodoxy still held sway . |
| 9 | It requires courage and support from sympathetic colleagues to admit that the things that have been happening in classrooms or schools over the past 20 years have been wrong , pigheaded or simply inefficient . |
| 10 | As the sound was repeated again and again the tears that had been brimming in Lan 's eyes spurted down her cheeks , and beside her Tam listened rigid with horror , waiting for the sound of his brother 's wailing to begin . |
| 11 | The Cossarts were Huguenots but had been living in Ireland for many years . |
| 12 | Or we may live to see the vines ploughed up and turned into orchards as has been happening in other areas . ’ |