Example sentences of "he [verb] been fighting " in BNC.
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| 1 | In truth , as he now knows , he has been fighting with a God intent on blessing for a reason hidden in his deep purposes of redemption . |
| 2 | When Ellcock announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the age of 216 after Middlesex 's pre-season tour to Portugal , he was finally admitting defeat in a struggle to overcome back problems he has been fighting for much of his 10-year career . |
| 3 | But Reid , who is also considering giving brilliant youngster Gary Flitcroft his full debut , stressed : ‘ There is no problem with Steve even though he was substituted on Saturday — to be fair to him he has been fighting a toe injury . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Boris Yeltsin , the president of Russia , may have won the battle , but he has not yet won the war he has been fighting for more than half a year with the Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 5 | He 'd been fighting the prophet , but every time he 'd laid hands on the man , he 'd changed shape , become a cloud , a venomous snake , a wildcat , a mad woman . |
| 6 | She said it looked as if he had been fighting . |
| 7 | As Gabriel worked on the top of the ricks , he suddenly remembered that , eight months before , he had been fighting against fire in the same place as desperately as he was fighting against water now — and for love of the same woman , who did not love him . |
| 8 | With a curse Withel despatched the assassin he had been fighting . |
| 9 | Woolley looked as if he had been fighting a forest fire : his eyes were red , his face was filthy , and one ear had bled down his neck . |
| 10 | He had been fighting , one way or another , since just after noon . |
| 11 | He had been fighting or riding since three hours after sunrise this morning . |
| 12 | He had said he had been fighting with another man . |
| 13 | The minister , just back from Chicago where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks , described the prospect of punitive tariffs as ‘ sad ’ . |
| 14 | Today 's news will come as a blow for British Agriculture minister John Gummer , who is just back from the US where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks . |
| 15 | Today 's news will come as a blow for British Agriculture minister John Gummer , who is just back from the US where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's been fighting ! ’ |
| 17 | Since then he 's been fighting to prove his innocence . |
| 18 | For the past year , he 's been fighting a massive tumour in his chest with gruelling bouts of chemotherapy and painful lumbar punctures in hospital . |