Example sentences of "have be [adv] [verb] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since wrestling came to Britain , Philip has been diligently collecting WWF cards and has plastered his bedroom walls with posters of his beefy heroes . |
| 2 | Lisa Marie has been secretly recording demo tapes of songs she has written . |
| 3 | Sony , which has been furiously lobbying standards organisations and other makers of disc drives ( the machinery that ‘ plays ’ the discs ) to accept its design , makes a 3-inch ( 7–2 cm ) disc encased in a hard plastic cover . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Emily , I know I should have been there to help Uncle Thomas with his business long ago . ’ |
| 5 | But there was the required amount of glamour in the movie , largely through the introduction of Anita Harris , who had been both hit pop singer and dancer before moving on to the ‘ Carry On ’ lot . |
| 6 | There was no immediate sign of an answer , but after Creggan had given up any hope of a reply and was looking at the path lights beginning to come on in the Park outside the Zoo there was a subtle shift of talons in Slorne 's cage , a gentle shift of wings , the swiftest of meek glances , and Creggan , too late to catch the look full on , yet sensed that in her mute way Slorne was saying ‘ Yes , oh yes , you were right to predict her return ’ This knowledge that another eagle there believed his prediction had been right gave Creggan comfort in those first weeks in the Cages . |
| 7 | Without revealing that both ships had been secretly assisting South Vietnamese commando raids on the North , Johnson called upon Congress to pass a resolution granting him sweeping powers to act against North Vietnam . |
| 8 | It was said that the poet Shelley had been here to sail paper boats . |
| 9 | Yet the cumulative effect of the revolution of 1905 , mounting social tension and the clamour of public criticism had been precisely to undermine government confidence and authority . |
| 10 | Although Kanemaru had been personally grooming Ichiro Ozawa as his successor , the circumstances of his retirement allowed Ozawa 's opponents to mount an effective campaign against his succession . |
| 11 | However , Japan said that the visit did not mark a return to business as usual , even though Japanese banks and businesses had been rapidly reviving business activities . |
| 12 | Sri Lanka 's recent governments , which have been busily unravelling state controls , see no reason why it should not be a Singapore . |
| 13 | Erm you go back onto the performance guidelines that have been basically imposed citizens charter really at the end of the day . |
| 14 | There 's been no stopping Swindon Town of late . |