Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Master Gates , he came home a war hero and has been enjoying the fruits of his fame ever since . ’ |
| 2 | One of Britain 's most popular athletes has been sharing the secret of his success with a group of schoolchildren . |
| 3 | But since mid-September , Klensch has been sharing the spotlight in CNN 's new Style programme , co-hosted by Christie Brinkley . |
| 4 | Since the tragedy , the Swindon Bus Company has been ferrying the children across town . |
| 5 | Now , he finds people are beginning to be more open about their sexuality , and consequently he has been promoting the activities of the centre for sexual problems in Istanbul . |
| 6 | The Neon Tetra ( Paracheirodon innesi ) is one of the most popular aquarium fish and has been topping the charts since the 1930s . |
| 7 | But he has been learning the ropes since February with Liverpool Playhouse workshop . |
| 8 | Another disciple of Nostradamus , S. O. Letterman , has been throwing the pebbles in LA and finds the omens good . |
| 9 | This gulf is shown most dramatically in the surprise ending , which obliges us to re-evaluate our reading of the novel by revealing that the anonymous , timid and sensitive lad who has been narrating the story of his early life in the first person is none other than Jaguar , the aggressive bully we have seen ruling the roost in the school . |
| 10 | For days Mr Hurd has been criticising the Israelis for the harsh treatment of the Palestinians , so it was only politic of the government here to invite him to the Yadvashim memorial to the Holocaust . |
| 11 | Mr Shahal , moreover , has been discussing the creation of a Palestinian police force for the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 12 | Throughout the winter and into the spring , the home-affairs committee of the House of Commons has been discussing the future of the levy . |
| 13 | Mr Berecz , on the other hand , has still not given up his seemingly futile struggle , and has been plaguing the congress with constant interruptions . |
| 14 | Dealers pointed the finger at Credit Lyonnais Laing , which has been chasing the stock for a fortnight and whose paper and packaging expert , Henry Poole , has spotted the company 's recovery potential , advising clients to get in quick . |
| 15 | Council leader Chris Foote Wood , meanwhile , has been outlining the terms under which Wear Valley will help the district 's four Northern League clubs . |
| 16 | Fremont , California-based Opus Systems Inc , which has been undergoing the trauma of prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings — a sort of jail sojourn where the keys are left in the door — has announced the SparCard 2+ , its next generation Unix single board computer for plugging into personal computers , offering 25% performance improvement over its predecessor , the SparCard 2 . |
| 17 | DG-11 , the EC 's Environment Directorate , has been monitoring the development of a number of schemes by cities such as Amsterdam and Strasbourg to curb city centre driving . |
| 18 | The company has been touring the play around Gloucestershire encouraging their evening audiences to give their reaction right after each performance . |
| 19 | Mr Christian Slater , the Hollywood matinée idol ( see right ) , has been considering the subject of romance . |
| 20 | Following the review of the British Library 's acquisition and retention policies , published in 1989 , a Working Group , including the National Library of Scotland , has been considering the scope for co-ordinating collection policies among the legal deposit libraries . |
| 21 | It seems that with such a background the theme of your thoughts during the course of these symposiums has been getting the message across , and certainly when you turn to the one that you have this time , of the media , you are really getting involved in getting the message across . |
| 22 | Even more bizarre , she has been reciting the works of a French philosopher throughout the operation while a black stripper dances in the background . |
| 23 | That Britain is now a little more ready to join this hope-filled , rolling bandwagon is , not unnaturally , a matter of mild elation to Rushdie and to Article 19 , the freedom-of-speech group which has been organising the campaign for his defence . |
| 24 | As for painting , John Good this month shows Jacqueline Humphries , who has been exploring the notion of the ‘ arrested gesture ’ in relation to both the drip and the grid , from 2 May until 20 June . |
| 25 | Since the 1960's Williams has been exploring the dynamics of contemporary and classical music , achieving enormous success with ‘ Sky ’ and ‘ J W and Friends ’ . |
| 26 | The University has been pursuing the details of its IT strategy and in 1992–3 , following extensive consultation , it has settled on the framework for the technical elements of this , the principle of which is distributed computing using a client-server model . |
| 27 | An informal group formed this week has been mobilising the support of cricket clubs throughout the island to stay away from the game . |
| 28 | Over the past few weeks , Apple has been courting the press with sneak previews of Lisa on the condition that the participants undertook not to breath a word of what they had seen until the machine was officially announced on 20 January ( simultaneously around the world ) . |
| 29 | Self taught , Albert , who is a relative of George Barron , of BBC TV 's Beechgrove Garden fame , has been tending the gardens for 16 years and has been a consistent winner in the gardens competition over the years . |
| 30 | The move should help stimulate economies on the continent where recession has been weakening the market for British exports . |