Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [v-ing] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he has yet to win since his comeback , The Committee 's performances have been improving most of the time . |
| 2 | Rovers had been feeling better on Monday , November 1 , when the F.A . |
| 3 | Millions of parents have been saying this for months . |
| 4 | The Civil Aviation Authority has ordered cuts in pilots ' hours after the discovery that flight crews have been falling asleep in the cockpit . |
| 5 | Emotions have been running high in the community since James 's body was found on a railway embankment . |
| 6 | The Black-and-Ambers ' All Black date in three weeks has been looking more of a death sentence than an opportunity to breathe new live into an ailing club . |
| 7 | Canoeists and surfers have been riding one of the biggest Severn Bores that will be seen this year . |
| 8 | Theologians have been arguing this for two thousand years … ’ |
| 9 | We discovered later that a crowd of drop-outs had been living rough on the Towers , using local fishing boats to ferry them to and fro . |
| 10 | He explained that a couple of centuries ago the course was leased out as a rabbit farm and , well , ever since , the creatures have been hopping wild across the four courses . |
| 11 | Keyboard players have been doing this for years , but it 's a revelation to most guitarists . |
| 12 | While the employment rates of lone mothers have been falling those of married mothers have been rising . |
| 13 | Scientists have been studying hundreds of asthma sufferers to see if there 's a family link . |
| 14 | A flotilla of surfers and canoes has been riding one of the year 's biggest Severn Bores . |
| 15 | In the clear conditions , anglers have been spotting many of the venue 's double-figure carp but they'ree not feeding , ’ he added . |
| 16 | Police have been getting tough with drivers over the new tyre safety legislation which came into force yesterday . |
| 17 | As the Autumn fox hunting season gets underway , animal rights protestors have been holding one of the biggest demonstrations seen in the region . |
| 18 | The Sons had been running short of funds . |
| 19 | Some of the horses have been living wild on a hillside overlooking the farm . |
| 20 | Lately however , many of its opponents have been getting used to the idea . |
| 21 | We would urge you very strongly to er put a deadline er on receipt of er further objections by tomorrow sir but some of these proofs have been missing all of the discussion and they are literally months past their original fixture date . |