Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [conj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | A great day out for all the family , the Centre for Alternative Technology is a living and working community which has been promoting and displaying sustainable technologies for more than 16 years . |
2 | In the United States , the Library of Congress has been classifying and cataloguing audio-visual materials for many years , so long as they were deposited at the Library for copyright purposes . |
3 | Annie Griffin came to Britain from New York in 1980 as a student and since 1986 has been devising and performing original work for the theatre . |
4 | The deal ends an arrangement under which CEPI has been making and selling International marine paints under licence for 70 years . |
5 | I was surprised that he had been listening and seemed interested now . |
6 | Then , as she was about halfway along the trees of Wardle Wood , the storm , which had been rumbling and threatening all the way , burst . |
7 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
8 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
9 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
10 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
11 | Then he extracted the cassette , hauling out the length of tape which had been recording and stuffed both items in his jacket pocket . |
12 | An elderly woman who had been missing and feared dead is recovering in hospital after a helicopter search found her . |
13 | I 've been listening and watching all day . |
14 | We 've been admitting and transferring all day . |
15 | They 've been coming and going all day . ’ |
16 | Men and women have been choosing and wearing black for donkey 's years . |
17 | The two groups have been kidnapping and killing each other 's followers . |
18 | She 's ha , she 's been sneezing and got runny nose have n't you ? |