Example sentences of "[coord] they have been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a firm and they 've been going for a number of years . |
| 2 | The sextuplets are seven today and they 've been celebrating with cakes , presents and party games . |
| 3 | I 've got three people working on it right now and they 've been working on it for three years . |
| 4 | The other thing we do sort of every now and then , and next time will be Easter , we actually have some people in costume who actually reoccupy the house over Waster weekend in this case as as the household of William and they 've been coming for a long time now and they 've got set into the set into their roles quite well . |
| 5 | It seemed incredible to Tug that only five minutes before he had been calling her Ma and they had been grinning at each other . |
| 6 | We probably lost them on the Beltway , and they 'd been chasing round the Virginia countryside trying to pick me up … those things only have a range of about three miles . ’ |
| 7 | The TARDIS has brought the time-travellers back to Roman times — to 64 AD to be exact — and they have been holidaying in a deserted villa near a small town . |
| 8 | I believe that there are four excellent fund holding practices in my hon. Friend 's neighbourhood , and they have been adding to the region 's total health care provision and are bringing new services to patients . |
| 9 | It will be a most welcome first for Derry should they win the Sam Maguire Cup and they have been preparing for their big day with rigorous training sessions under the watchful eye of manager Eamon Coleman who this weekend will outline his strategy in secret conclave with his players . |
| 10 | Culdub Oakapple opened his mouth to say that acclaim was all very well in its way , but they had been hoping for something a bit more financial than that , but the two Gnomes on each side of him trod on his foot to stop him , because you could not always trust the Oakapple to be tactful . |
| 11 | No they 're not but they 've been getting on all right really . |
| 12 | But they have been sneering at America since Sidney Smith , François Mauriac and George Grosz and will go on doing so long after Harold Pinter is gone . |