Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [been] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Its withers will never win any of the races Ronnie had been telling himself about , and he is reluctant to return from this long , defeated , dark-thoughted walk to break the bad news or his adventure to his wife and daughters . |
2 | His rousing address finished with the exciting claim that ‘ IBM has been transforming itself into a solutions company ’ . |
3 | Rather could Offa have been securing himself in territory only recently recovered from Cynewulf . |
4 | In the days leading up to this fight to decide who would fight for the world title next year , Violet had been steeling herself to be tough and resilient for the sake of her son . |
5 | Up to this point the US had been binding itself to Vietnam with conceptual associations , policy objectives , and some material considerations . |
6 | For the last five years Volkov has been drinking himself to death . |