Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [adj] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Axil , which introduced other Sparc compatibles earlier on , says in has been shipping hundreds of units a month and is on the verge of moving to a thousand . |
| 2 | I hear you say , DTP has been doing that for years Yes — but moving ones ? |
| 3 | A privately owned half-timbered cottage ( mostly 16th-century ) with pantiled roof and porches , it has been standing empty for years |
| 4 | My husband has been practising dying for years . |
| 5 | erm The Schools Council , erm as you may remember , has been putting millions of pounds into educational research over the last dozen years , and all kinds of new curriculum ideas and patterns of organisation have emerged . |
| 6 | Fleet Street , which has been spending millions for years trying get the formula right , holds the opposite point of view . |
| 7 | She 'd been using these for years , ever since a practical demonstration by an art-school technician fired her to experiment with felting techniques . |
| 8 | The Sons had been running short of funds . |
| 9 | By the time they met , Leonard was indeed pushing hard at the doors of his own individuality — in one sense he had been doing that for years . |
| 10 | I heard myself saying the line that had been waiting ready for months : ‘ I think the time has come when you must go in . ’ |
| 11 | It had been lying empty for months , he said . |
| 12 | It transpired that he had been sleeping rough for weeks and that his last known address was a Salvation Army hostel 100 miles away . |
| 13 | So we 've been doing that with children as well . |
| 14 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 15 | ‘ On things like consulting with patients and carers — we 've been doing that for years . ’ |
| 16 | They 've been planning this for months . |
| 17 | Police have been getting tough with drivers over the new tyre safety legislation which came into force yesterday . |
| 18 | Those who have been living near to parents or who have remained in very close touch with them , are going to feel the immediate absence of the parent they loved more keenly than those who have broken away from close family ties and kept up only a dutiful contact with father or mother . |
| 19 | Millions of parents have been saying this for months . |
| 20 | Probably , most people have been doing this for ages , but I ca n't remember seeing it , so if it helps anyone , great . |
| 21 | Keyboard players have been doing this for years , but it 's a revelation to most guitarists . |