Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] [verb] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | E. The Government has been trying to help people in these country areas , particularly in the north . |
| 2 | Meanwhile fears were growing that the sect has been attempting to recruit followers in Ireland . |
| 3 | I suddenly remembered I 'd been intending to call Connors in any case . |
| 4 | It is believed he may have been going to visit relatives in Caithness in the far north of Scotland when the tragedy happened . |
| 5 | In Hollywood , McDevitt , a would-be screenwriter , had been trying to generate interest in a film script about two thieves who hide stolen works of art in a cave in Germany . |
| 6 | The journalist Robert Katz had been trying to interest producers in a film adaptation of his extensive account last year in Esquire magazine of the battle between Willem de Kooning and his daughter . |
| 7 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |