Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [be] [v-ing] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously , only trade in new horn was banned but , with a single horn fetching as much as £30,000 , Chinese dealers have been buying up big game trophies for export to the Far East . |
| 2 | Perhaps it is because the fishermen have been demonstrating so much recently that they have not been catching so much fish . ’ |
| 3 | The surprising point that has occurred with regard to my own business is that other supposed chartered accountants have been preparing fully audited accounts without ever setting foot in the premises that they are conducting the audit for . |
| 4 | Either customers have been choosing more expensive menu and wine list items or ( much more likely ) prices have been increasing . |
| 5 | Could it be ( and perhaps this more likely ! ) that machines have been working non-stop all summer , spring and last winter ? |
| 6 | Things have been getting steadily worse — all our investments are down — and long before this last attack of Daddy 's , it was almost impossible to make both ends meet . |
| 7 | He says things have been getting more busy but it 's still not as busy as it was last year . |
| 8 | Sudden plagues of these creatures have been occurring over recent years which settle upon living reefs and devour the coral polyps . |
| 9 | It looks a bit chilly , and a team of balloonists have been feeling rather chilly today and have been spending most of the day in a fridge . |
| 10 | Told he was being arrested , he just smirked : ‘ You guys have been watching too much TV . ’ |
| 11 | The vultures have been buying up other bonds likely to be similarly treated . |
| 12 | Oceans have been picking up soluble materials ( notably sodium chloride — salt ) from the land , for millions of years . |
| 13 | From the start of this week the savings institutions have been handing over magnetic tapes to the Inland Revenue giving details of all interest-earning accounts , however small . |
| 14 | When such researchers have been doing just this for over 100 years , is it not sensible to take note of what they are saying ? |
| 15 | Where significant innovations have happened , it is astonishing how often through history other individuals or groups have been working along parallel lines of thought . |