Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] have be [v-ing] [prep] " 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 | ‘ Look , I 'm responsible for those rumors that have been circulating about you and damaging your reputation . |
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 | Begin the list with the projects that have been waiting to be finished for the longest period of time . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | While everyone was careful to avoid the word ‘ black ’ in their statements , the fact remains that the ‘ minority ’ workshop , which was overseen by one Ramona Edelin of the National Urban Coalition , an urban action organisation founded in 1967 , was really a reflection on the efforts of some of the black inspired programmes that have been running for years in America . |
7 | Golden shares will prevent the French water companies that have been investing in the British water industry from bidding outright for five years . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
10 | Among the host of popular classes that have been running for several years — upholstery , art , body conditioning , keep fit , body talk , jazz dance , electronic organ , and two levels of French — there are also the more recent additions of appreciation of poetry , yoga for beginners and dressmaking . |
11 | Potted primulas and other plants that have been standing in frames can be brought into the greenhouse now . |
12 | Frankly some of the other things that have been going on weeks . |
13 | and outside the porches , to light their number up outside their house , erm people do n't seem to have erm , really changed their ideas very much , we still sell the same type of fitting to people , er the one that goes over the garage doors , on the corner of the , of the house wall , er lanterns er outside the front door with coloured glass in them er things that have been going for |
14 | 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 . |
15 | ‘ An accumulation of socioeconomic problems that have been developing for 25 years are closing in on blacks like a vice , ’ says veteran African-American author and social theorist Harold Cruse . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Ah 'm worn to a frazzle fighting off the toffs that have been swarming round this door since she was nine and three quarters . |
18 | ‘ There it is — the bush — trees that have been standing for hundreds of years . ’ |
19 | What I would say is there are instances that have been happening around the country in the last year , where both doctors , G Ps , and nurses have actually said , you 're not doing that . |
20 | A serious inquiry into the theory that almost all Australians had no fathers and have been searching for a father figure ever since , only to find it in their own persons , with resultant confusion . |
21 | THE world 's favourite airline yesterday rubber-stamped the rumours that have been swirling on Qantas . |