Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rapist , who has been living rough in wooded , hilly countryside , grabbed his latest victim in a village near Chippenham , Wilts . |
| 2 | People living near a rubbish tip which has been burning unchecked for six weeks fear their health is at risk . |
| 3 | The farmers from this village own land in the Buffer Zone that has been lying fallow for fourteen years , but which is now being opened up . |
| 4 | ‘ But it 's a lot of money for something which has been lying dead for twelve years . ’ |
| 5 | If the tool has be lying idle for some months it is likely the charge has partially drained , so it is a good idea to regularly use these tools . |
| 6 | A Planning Committee had been meeting weekly in 1969 , but the College had not wanted to be too rigid in imposing teaching methods . |
| 7 | The shop had been standing empty for some time , and needed a great deal of work . |
| 8 | One family tea-time , when Auntie had been sitting silent for some time , she said : " It 's lucky there 's never anyone left in those offices at night . " |
| 9 | He had been feeling cold for some time . |
| 10 | Peter Bateman of Rentokil says there 's a reason for their bad behaviour — they 've been getting drunk on rotten fruit . |
| 11 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 12 | Now , with accountants trying to find whether pension money was used to help Oxford out of their financial difficulties , he 's coming to terms with the possibility he 's been supporting United in more ways than one … |
| 13 | It 's been going ongoing for eighteen months two years change it |