Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been [v-ing] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Bill Wells Octet has been exploring some unusual stylistic directions in the context of the Scottish jazz scene , but this appearance did not live up to expectations . |
| 2 | Jake had been hurling these same insults at her now for years , and by now she ought to be totally immune to them . |
| 3 | If Barnes is this irreplaceable in the nation 's best club side it again raises the question of what England have been missing all these years . |
| 4 | Bernard Dixon has been digesting some bizarre eating habits |
| 5 | The offer was accepted with alacrity and Harry has been writing these little vignettes for the paper ever since . |
| 6 | Before the war Jordan had been importing some 55,000 barrels a day from Iraq at a fixed price of US$16.40 , well below the market rate . |
| 7 | GPA had been developing such new forms of finance , he said , most notably with the launch of ALPS92–1 — the first publicly rated aircraft fund . |
| 8 | Geoff Boucher has been running this unofficial sanctuary for more than four years . |
| 9 | In actual fact , Fabia had been wondering that selfsame thing herself . |
| 10 | Cheryl 's been saying some odd things . |
| 11 | Trials of state-of-the-art technology to monitor air quality in and around Wilton have been producing some interesting data . |