Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] their [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Tavernor has been fighting their case for more than forty years . |
| 2 | When the judge called the jury back this afternoon they 'd been considering their verdict for one and a half days . |
| 3 | He argued that teenagers were wasting their opportunities at Dovercourt , keeping the futile hope alive that they would be adopted by rich families and lead a fine life , when they could have been using their time to constructive purpose . |
| 4 | Americans from the US and the same background would have been emphasising their masculinity by drinking large rums and making too much noise . |
| 5 | For this reason alone , there was no reason why individuals should have been pressing their case to be personally excluded from repatriation . |
| 6 | For weeks prior to this , provincial and national newspapers had been expressing their outrage at the title of the album . |
| 7 | Louise and Miriam had been doing their work with set faces and compressed lips but that was doubtless because of the smell of the insects which was frightful . |
| 8 | Both the interrogators had been doing their job for so long that they no longer thought much about what they were saying . |
| 9 | The Brigade positions had been under attack for the past four days and Nos. 3 , 4 , 6 , and 45 Royal Marine Commando had been having their share of casualties . |
| 10 | But in promoting it to MPs we 've been drawing their attention to the kinds of organizations which in turn in their eyes just sort of represent that pyramid or structure of votes that . |
| 11 | The Irish in Britain Representation Group led a march from Whittington Park calling for the release of the Birmingham 6 and the Guildford 4 , who have been protesting their innocence for the past 14 years . |
| 12 | THE FRENCH have been shifting their money from the stock market into Paris property , according to Donnelle Higbee , who runs Hampton 's Paris office . |
| 13 | A farmer and his wife have been teaching their son at home for over two years because they do n't want him to go to a special school . |
| 14 | Apple , in particular , have been building their repertoire of authoring tools ever since they launched their quintessential multimedia platform , the Macintosh . |
| 15 | Since the ban , it appears farmers have been selling their milk to pig farmers , so the problem may simply shift from milk to pork . |
| 16 | By public demand their split became merely a brief sabbatical , and since being reunited the Blues Band have been playing their cocktail of traditional blues and original material around the globe . |
| 17 | The two sides in the battle over admitting men to an Oxford women 's college have been putting their case to University Chancellor , Lord Jenkins . |
| 18 | Throughout the week the pupils of the council 's art class in Ballyclare High School and their tutor , Di Whitla , have been exhibiting their work in the Town Hall . |
| 19 | : Fa Some of the country 's leading film starts have been adding their weight to a campaign to keep open an Oxfordshire cinema . |
| 20 | Dog owners from all over the country have been showing their appreciation for what they claim is the most royal of breeds . |
| 21 | It is concealed down a narrow alley linking Hatton Garden with Ely Court but patrons have been finding their way to it since the sixteenth century . |
| 22 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
| 23 | CHARLES DARWIN opened a can of worms which have been crawling their way up the evolutionary ladder of history ever since . |
| 24 | The thieves have been forcing their way into the homes of elderly people , holding them down while searching for their savings . |
| 25 | It 's just , he must have felt so out of it , stuck here while all our brave boys have been doing their bit for us . ’ |
| 26 | People have been burying their excrement in pits for thousands of years . |