Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hay has been enduring considerable back pain for a number of years . |
| 2 | A project designed to keep bored youngsters from resorting to car crime by giving them motorbikes to play with has been receiving some expert advice . |
| 3 | Batty has been receiving electric shock treatment in a bid to cure the ankle ligament damage he sustained against Coventry on October 31 . |
| 4 | Yes , I know everyone has been drinking Bulgarian Cabernet Sauvignon for ages , but Bulgaria has much more to offer , with original grape varieties such as Melnik , Gamza and Mavrud which are not grown elsewhere . |
| 5 | The 29-year-old has been suffering from the problem for several weeks , and has been undergoing regular physiotherapy treatment . |
| 6 | FOR the first time in more than 20 years the Drummond Locomotive Society 's Class M7 locomotive No. 30053 hauled a passenger train at the East Anglian Railway Museum where it has been undergoing major restoration work . |
| 7 | The committee also decided in future to pay the CAB quarterly grants in advance , rather than in arrears which has been causing some cash flow problems . |
| 8 | This may not seem to be a very daunting task , but when a man who has been flying four engine jet transports all over the world is suddenly confronted with a young pilot who has just written-off the landing gear of a light aircraft while trying to land in a cross wind , the true qualities of the new inspector are under test . |
| 9 | And from Alan the new flats here , Norman helped by Dave and other members has been constructing substantial timber stroke hardboard flats although a bit heavier than the conventional canvas they will last for years and they really do provide superb sets as has been proved with all three plays presented this year . |
| 10 | The department of health has been recommending early penicillin treatment in meningitis cases since nineteen eighty eight , but there 's never been any evidence that it works , until now . |
| 11 | Although the government has been pushing liquid petroleum gas ( LPG ) in metropolitan cities , its supply remains restricted to the upper middle class and the demand far outstrips the supply . |
| 12 | During the last decade evidence has been accumulating that fluid secretion in the small intestine is often evoked via stimulation of the enteric nervous system ( ENS ) . |
| 13 | With Halloween looming , a farmer has been doing brisk business offering ’ pick your own ’ pumpkins . |
| 14 | Toni was one of 95 pupils from All Saints Catholic High School , Dukinfield , who has been gaining valuable work experience . |
| 15 | We notice that the SSA has been advertising inflatable sumo wrestling kits to hire . |
| 16 | And , you know , he 's been very wheezy and pro and , and , and er , and has a , er , ha has been suffering some sort fluey cold . |
| 17 | But I bumped into Chris who 'd been doing some session work with Steve ( Buzzcocks ) Diggle , who was looking for a guitar player to do a few gigs , and Chris kind of trapped me into that . |
| 18 | She could n't have been supplying Russian weapons typewriter unlisted phone numbers — oh were those two Second Secretaries on the No-go-Alone List ? ’ |
| 19 | This is reasonable , as one would expect deaf people in the USA to have been using some sign language before the imported use of FSL . |
| 20 | Of these , 44 had been taking delayed release mesalazine as the sole maintenance treatment for at least six months . |
| 21 | Burn had been ploughing that May afternoon and was leading his horses back to the field after his tea . |
| 22 | I had been remembering another rose garden lit by shafts of lightning and somebody telling me not to be afraid and to go to sleep . |
| 23 | Completion of this latter 5½ km ( 3½ mile ) section in 1981 gave considerable relief not only to the residents of the Colinton area , who , for some time , had been experiencing increasing traffic congestion in and around Colinton Village , but also to drivers attempting to avoid the city centre . |
| 24 | Violet Mapping had been running this massage parlour for five years . |
| 25 | He had been doing Limited Edition Club books from the beginning . |
| 26 | ‘ He had been doing some cricket practice with the younger boarders . |
| 27 | As I mentioned , you 've been getting some advocacy experience , although you might not have realized it , in litigation already . |
| 28 | ‘ And they 've been having some restoration work done on it . |
| 29 | ‘ We 've been investigating this drug ring for some months . |
| 30 | Rival warlords Mohamed Farrah Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohamed have been looting Western emergency aid supplies sent to the area . |