Example sentences of "and [pers pn] has been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've spoken to Gordon at length about this several times and he has been coping with it — but only with difficulty . ’ |
| 2 | The department monitors the inmate population , offences against prison rules and the penalties awarded ; it assists management in determining security grades and in assessments on life sentence prisoners ; and it has been looking at the structures of meetings , the effectiveness of communications and the problems of stress in staff . |
| 3 | It is tough on criminals and supportive of police , and it has been languishing in these hallowed halls for years now . " |
| 4 | For one thing , the people elected Solidarity to govern and it has been governing for barely seven months . |
| 5 | Breeding was confirmed ten years later in the Kent marshes , and it has been increasing in numbers and colonising more reed beds in the years since . |