Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [conj] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 There may be a hiatus in family or property matters or pressures that have been rumbling underground may come forcefully to the surface .
2 The representatives of nations and organizations that had been preserving a cautious neutrality now swelled the flock , gabbling about friendly relations and mutual benefit .
3 One of the people he 's conning is Sir Epicure Manhom who wants a life of ease and luxury and has been giving the alchemist loads of money in order to tu to , to perfect this and funny enough the alchemist has n't managed , has n't managed to do this , to get the person 's money .
4 But the arrival of Messrs Louis-Dreyfus and Scott will give the group an injection of basic management skills and strategy that has been missing of late .
5 Darlington councillor Frank Robson , chairman of the town 's twinning sub-committee , said : ‘ We already have twin towns in Germany and France and have been looking for a twin in Eastern Europe for some time .
6 What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years .
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