Example sentences of "have [adv] be [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Ian Keeping , who diagnosed TB and has since been treating the doctor , said : ‘ The man stopped work immediately and we set about investigations to establish a diagnosis . |
| 2 | I do hope my son has not been making a nuisance of himself . ’ |
| 3 | The motor industry has already been lobbying the Treasury to widen the fuel tax gap further in favour of diesel , partly in the interests of reducing pollution . |
| 4 | Mr Anguita has also been re-arranging the face of Spanish Communism recently — with notable success . |
| 5 | Over the years , Page has established himself as a medieval raconteur , delighting his audience with tales of , say , thirteenth-century Paris ; but anecdotes aside , he has also been refining the presentation and programming so that , almost without realising it , his audiences learn a good deal about the often totally unfamiliar music being performed . |
| 6 | Mrs Boesky , who was left a fortune by her father Ben Silverstein , who owned a string of properties including Hollywood 's Beverly Hills Hotel , has also been seeking the repossession of her husband 's property in Honolulu . |
| 7 | My own latest effort , What Side Is Your Bread Buttered On ? and Other Culinary Conundra , has also been getting the runaround in Vauxhall Bridge Road . |
| 8 | It has also been asking the public what other composers ' works it might like to see , from Franz Lehar to Ivor Novello and Noel Coward . |
| 9 | The council has also been giving the college a yearly grant of seventy thousand pounds . |
| 10 | ‘ But it 's a different story this time around and he has n't been doing the business for us . |
| 11 | He says the money has n't been following the patient . |
| 12 | The Regional Council 's Transportation Committee has recently been considering the transport implications of the redevelopment of Murrayfield Stadium by the Scottish Rugby Union . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'd better be getting a move on . |
| 14 | ‘ Ee — well , it 's getting near my time for going home , I think I 'd better be making a move … ’ |
| 15 | I 'd just been making a documentary about real heroes and I was n't in any mood to put up with actors who were only heroic on screen . |
| 16 | She 'd just been visiting a widow of an old army friend of Yury 's , who had a bad attack of flu . |
| 17 | ‘ He told me I had no right to inflict pain on those girls , because they 'd simply been telling the truth . ’ |
| 18 | Shannon gave an involuntary little start as though someone had spoken the words aloud , then laughed self-consciously , realising she 'd simply been hearing the voice of a conscience that was inclined to be over-zealous in its insistence on honesty . |
| 19 | In 1861 : ‘ I 've long been meditating a novel on insanity , or rather on how one becomes insane . ’ |
| 20 | There 's been no problem matching clients to carers because I 've had a biggish pool to choose from — there 's been about 30 people on the register at any one time — and I 've only been using a maximum of ten at a time . ’ |
| 21 | She sent him a memo — the usual form of royal communication — but he replied negatively , arguing that it was n't possible as she had only been doing the job for a short time . |
| 22 | Indians had long been demanding the return of sacred relics , and both Stanford University and the University of Minnesota had already agreed to release their collections to Indians . |
| 23 | FRANCE 's ruling Socialists had long been expecting the deb∘acle . |
| 24 | Instead , having been assured that Rick no longer had any violent feelings towards her , she earnestly pleaded that she had long been awaiting an opportunity to return it in person and apologise for causing so much distress . |
| 25 | Before the coup attempt , commentators had already been expressing the fear that economic decline could exacerbate the conflict inherent within the country 's heterogeneous racial structure . |
| 26 | The profession had already been reviewing the role of the pension scheme actuary and this groundwork will be useful in responding to the calls which have been made for the professionals involved in pension funds , including actuaries , to play a stronger role . |
| 27 | He had already been doing the job unofficially , and now would be paid for it . |
| 28 | Clearly he had not been expecting a confrontation . |
| 29 | He had not been expecting the change in subject . |
| 30 | It was obvious from the way the staring eyes blinked , both Pairs together , that they had not been expecting an answer . |