Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [noun] have be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 'm just content that things have been going pretty well on the field so far . |
| 2 | Perhaps she 'd heard on the college grapevine that Barney had been getting an undue amount of visits from the police and was rejoicing that the heat was off her beloved Rodney . |
| 3 | ’ I hear that George has been living it up a bit lately ? ’ |
| 4 | Much has been done in recent months to draw those matters to the attention of the Department and , as I said , I believe that Ministers have been listening . |
| 5 | Many critics of the encouragement provided until recently by the UK 's investment grants system in LFAs argue that farmers have been converting increasing areas of moorland and roughland to grass leys ( attracting substantial grants and more HLCAs ) while neglecting pastures previously improved and not maintaining standards of husbandry and land management . |
| 6 | ‘ I admit that Toby has been stirring things up in his newspaper . |
| 7 | 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 . |