Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [been] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fans have been wanting a new face up front because of our recent goal drought . |
| 2 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 3 | Two Oxfam workers have been giving a first hand account of conditions in Cambodia , where they claim millions of lives are at risk . |
| 4 | Odd-Knut discovers that his dogs have been hauling a full , 5-litre can of chain-saw oil around . |
| 5 | Some retailers have been doing a brisk trade in the new toys , others apparently have not . |
| 6 | The Committee of London Clearing Bankers told us that in recent years the banks have been opening an increasing number of accounts for customers in the middle to lower income groups . |
| 7 | For the past two years , police say , prostitutes have been doing a lively business in the Golden Acres apartments — a group of flats filled with retired old men . |
| 8 | Since then , the fundamentalists have been waging a steady war on the government , at one point demanding the resignation of the Education Minister because of his plans for reforming the teaching of Islam in schools . |
| 9 | At Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh surgeons have been using an advanced laser — the only one of its kind in Northern Ireland — to perform tonsillectomies and sinus surgery . |
| 10 | ‘ From the beginning , we have been aware that the security forces have been keeping a close watch on our activities , ’ said Mr Bautista . |
| 11 | Scientists have been holding a one-day strike in an attempt to get the same pay as their European colleagues . |
| 12 | In recent years , however , some scientists have been trying a new approach , ‘ cold fusion ’ , which involves ‘ changing ’ the behaviours of atoms at room temperatures . |
| 13 | Government boffins have been explaining a new weapon that destroys people but leaves houses intact . |
| 14 | For too long , local planning authorities and local civic societies have been fighting an uneven battle against strong-arm tactics by the multiples . |
| 15 | For the past few months Police have been mounting a major operation to crackdown on joy riders … its the type of accident they 'd always feared . |
| 16 | From Java to Iowa , dedicated farmers and gardeners have been making a mighty effort to secure our future food supply . |
| 17 | INDIA 'S troubled northern state of Kashmir , where militants have been waging an armed struggle for independence since 1990 , has a new governor . |
| 18 | In Swindon 's council parks and gardens , ponds in hot houses have been accumulating an unwanted collection of the American reptiles ; large and small . |
| 19 | Since the beginning of December , experts have been studying a brand-new missile called Alarm from British Aerospace , and the American equivalent known as Harm . |
| 20 | Since early summer , workmen have been preparing a new home for Mark , at Aston Farm , a mile away . |
| 21 | For months the polls have been predicting an unprecedented landslide victory for the Right in next month 's general election . |
| 22 | For months the polls have been predicting an unprecedented landslide victory for the Right in next month 's general election . |
| 23 | Councils have been turning a blind eye to shops opening on Sunday because of the uncertainty over what the Euro-judges would decide . |
| 24 | Schoolchildren have been getting a helping hand with their nature studies — from a world famous expert . |