Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [adj] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A privately owned half-timbered cottage ( mostly 16th-century ) with pantiled roof and porches , it has been standing empty for years |
| 2 | My husband has been practising dying for years . |
| 3 | The Sons had been running short of funds . |
| 4 | I heard myself saying the line that had been waiting ready for months : ‘ I think the time has come when you must go in . ’ |
| 5 | It had been lying empty for months , he said . |
| 6 | It transpired that he had been sleeping rough for weeks and that his last known address was a Salvation Army hostel 100 miles away . |
| 7 | Police have been getting tough with drivers over the new tyre safety legislation which came into force yesterday . |
| 8 | 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 . |