Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's Vivienne Westwood has been taking the historical fantasy tablets for some time . |
| 2 | Britta had been watching the other woman — the one the Doctor called Benny — when the screens had come on . |
| 3 | John Rodwell , a specialist inspector from the Health and Safety Executive , said it appeared Mr Eaton had been using the burning torch to cut at the edge of the slot at one end of the pipe trying to open it and hot gases could have caused it to become dislodged and fall . |
| 4 | Mr. Barnes has been attending the general committee meetings and all the members appreciate the interest , help and guidance he has given . |
| 5 | Karl Hammond has been reading the Royal Society 's report on risk |
| 6 | Forestry interests and landowners in Scotland had been lobbying the Scottish Office to draw the teeth of the NCC because it had been too successful in defending the uplands from conifers . |
| 7 | Omagh boss Paul Kee had been chasing the tall Limerick central defender for more than a fortnight . |
| 8 | Coltart and Everett have been learning the hard way that it hardly matters if you can sometimes drive the ball 50 yards father than anyone else if the statistics show that some of your opponents single-putt an average of 24 greens per tournament . |
| 9 | All through the first part of the interview — the crazy part , when she had been talking about seeing her son in the house — Hank had been telling the straight truth . |
| 10 | One of the solictors acting for another trustee says that it appears Mrs Hilali has been living the good life . |
| 11 | Joe has been learning the great man 's speeches and studying his mannerisms , but does he really look likely Winston at all ? |
| 12 | As you 've been reading this book God has been telling the Holy Spirit to make the bits that are especially important for you to stick in your mind . |
| 13 | However , the Court of Apothecaries took the view that Miller had been paying the increased rent for some years and declined to sanction the proposed allowance . |
| 14 | Maxim had been reassembling the cleaned and dried gun . |
| 15 | Ronnie Convery 's been taking the spiritual temperature of the nation 's main churches . |
| 16 | Just in case they 'd forgotten , Town Crier Willium Chapman 's been reminding the good people of Newent what day it is . |
| 17 | Patrick Faigenbaum has been immortalising the ancient noble families of Rome and Naples in cruel photographic portraits . |
| 18 | Rauschning also began to realise that Gauleiter Forster had been using the economic reforms initiated by the Party in 1933 to line his own pocket . |
| 19 | If Patrick had been expecting the small man to head up Grafton Street , then he was disappointed ; the guide continued on past the bottom of the crowded street , passing Yeates & Son , the opticians with the giant spectacle frame hanging outside the shop , heading into Nassau Street and then he turned right into Dawson Street . |
| 20 | Charlton has been watching the teenage winger recently but England boss Graham Taylor has handed Froggatt an Under-21 debut in Spain tonight . |
| 21 | THE FRIENDS of John McCarthy have been reminding the Foreign Office that the British Government is the only government without a single success in efforts to achieve the release of any of its hostages . |
| 22 | Places like Welwyn Garden City and Crawley have been experiencing the relentless movement of these original cohorts of migrants up the ‘ age pyramid ’ . |
| 23 | Sir James has been lobbying the prime minister for a scheme to use official aid money to buy up Third World debt , sell off the principal , and swap the right to interest payments for a lease on tropical rain forests . |
| 24 | Expenses cashier Fiona Smith has been collecting the small change when people have returned from overseas business trips and holidays over the last six months . |
| 25 | Avovi Todd has been following the Soviet leader 's route to the Kremlin . |
| 26 | For while Creggan had been attacking the hooded crow he had been watched and now he in his turn was being stooped upon . |
| 27 | Cissie had been stripping the excess leaves from the stems of a bunch of slender white tulips , which she then lovingly arranged one by one in an earthenware vase . |