Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] [verb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new-look Health Authority has been meeting to discuss the Nuffield 's application to become self-governing . |
| 2 | The EADT has been campaigning to save the Newmarket industry , which is one of the best-known employers in Suffolk . |
| 3 | A spokesman said they could have been trying to race the MG . |
| 4 | I had been trying to negotiate the Friday lunch-time run , which was the most lucrative , office-party wise , as ER was always on the lookout for reliable drivers who could not only deliver their people but hang around and pick them up . |
| 5 | Maguire , who struck Playing Truant 14 times , had been expecting to ride the Richard Lee-trained Space Fair in the Mackeson . |
| 6 | Maguire had been expecting to ride the Richard Lee-trained Space Fair in the Mackeson Gold Cup . |
| 7 | After our visit to Baghdad and Amman , the Women 's International Peace Delegation had been planning to visit the US to meet with George Bush , but this was postponed when the attack on Iraq began on January 16 . |
| 8 | She had been working to gain the Pony Rider badge , but there was no riding school in the village , and even if there had been her daddy could n't have afforded fees for riding lessons , because the move from the old house to Wyching had cost a lot of money . |