Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [pron] [vb -s] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students in possession of any Morrissey records are charged a higher rate of interest on their college loans • A hitman is hired to hit the Hit Man and Her as well as all the bloody dancers ( especially that git who 's been wearing the same crappy wig for the last five mindbendingly-dull years ) . |
| 2 | At a ceremony attended by Chris Green , managing director of InterCity , locomotive 91003 which operates on the high-speed East Coast route will be given the name of this newspaper which has been celebrating its 175th anniversary . |
| 3 | Every night this week he 's been playing Hendrix to a packed Ronnie Scott 's in Birmingham . |
| 4 | This time he 's been wearing protective clothing . |
| 5 | People have known for some time what has been going on , and I 'm surprised it has taken this long to come out into the open . |
| 6 | I mean I I 'd love to see the the whole history and that 's why I 'm glad that erm you people are taking an interest now in not helping us but some day somebody saying who 's that crank who 's been talking on there . |
| 7 | all these drugs he 's been having , so they gave him some er tablets and er , he said on Sunday he was in such pain , so he said try these , he has given me some before , but er , you 're supposed to take two and I was only taking one |
| 8 | But last night a source close to Jagger said : ‘ All that stuff she has been saying about hardly knowing him is rubbish . |
| 9 | Ted Young is a very familiar voice to Radio Brighton listeners because for many many years he has been presenting the weather forecast . |
| 10 | All season he has been playing well , putting poorly . |
| 11 | But in many ways it 's been enlightening , exciting , stimulating , and above all enjoyable . |
| 12 | BUCKING THE SYSTEM Lindsey Buckingham It 's been four years since Lindsey Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac , and for the last three of those years he 's been writing , performing and working to complete his new solo album ‘ Out Of The Cradle ’ . |
| 13 | The trouble is that this can present psychological problems if , like me , you are not one of those people who has been riding since you first told some condescending aunt from your pushchair ‘ It 's not a horsy , it 's under 14.2hh ’ . |
| 14 | " She 'll part with one of those diamonds she 's been clinging to . " |
| 15 | Any teacher who has been borrowing equipment from the Society or Jean Parmiter and is NOT using it , please return as soon as possible . |
| 16 | It does not help Fergie 's case that the financial expert who has been advising her about the settlement is the same man she has been cavorting with in the south of France . |
| 17 | She rings the same number she has been trying all day . |
| 18 | The brew is still fermented for days , using the same yeast which has been working for years and years . |
| 19 | Have you any idea what 's been going on ? ’ |
| 20 | I was disgusted to read your snide attack ( Disinformation , FACE 19 ) on ‘ White South African Musician Johnny Clegg ’ , who is one of the only white artistes in that country who has been fighting apartheid and trying to deal with it on the inside . |
| 21 | It 's been five years since Zoë Fairbairns last published a novel , during that time she has been writing a huge and compelling family saga , Daddy 's Girls . |
| 22 | During that time he has been pushing hard to make up any lost ground . |