Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fear that its place at the cutting edge of environmental radicalism has been taking by groups such as Earth First . |
| 2 | In an experiment carried out at Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula in 1989 , microscopic floating ocean plants ( phytoplankton ) were taken from the nearby bay and brought into the laboratory , where they were subjected to levels of ultra-violet radiation estimated to be equivalent to the amount of ultra-violet being transmitted through the ozone hole which has been developing in Antarctica each spring in recent years . |
| 3 | It has been standing in water all day , and it has been well scraped before it came out this evening . |
| 4 | It is as much as the Soviet Union has been spending on vodka each month . |
| 5 | She 'd been living in England such a long time , of course , it was a bit too free and easy over there . |
| 6 | Then Duncan 's son Malcolm , who had been sheltering in England all this time , joined forces with the Earl of Northumbria and , with Edward the Confessor 's approval , invaded Scotland in 1057 . |
| 7 | Lukic looked a lot better by the end of the night , plucking out a few high balls as happily as Seaman had been doing for Arse all night . |
| 8 | I found him in the Grange garden , where he had been waiting for news all night . |
| 9 | Certain British officers had been friendly with Saw , while Military Intelligence had been indicating since May that Saw was planning to seize power . |
| 10 | The eight-year-old Ian had been talking in class all through a painting lesson . |
| 11 | She had been fleeing from winter all of her life . |
| 12 | It had been pouring with rain all day , and half the yard was a quagmire . |
| 13 | I 've been thinking about convert these speakers this time |
| 14 | I 've been thinking about dragons all my life , but this is the first time one has turned up . ’ |
| 15 | Peter , I know you 've been talking to delegates all day , what 's the atmosphere like there ? * |
| 16 | The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days . |
| 17 | It 's the cheese we 've been having at work this week |
| 18 | He is very pleased with the ‘ good meaty topics ’ departments have been suggesting for scrutiny this year . |
| 19 | I have been trekking in Nepal several times , and so I am acquainted with the conditions that I might encounter on a winter trip . |
| 20 | The Ballet Club paid a second visit to Johannesburg in July 1944 , and John wrote to Hanns , exclaiming jubilantly that ‘ We arranged for me to have meals at the Carlton , so I have been dining in style this week ! ’ |
| 21 | Have been walking around London all day . |
| 22 | Generations of gypsies have been travelling to Stow each year . |
| 23 | And it 's been coming from Austria this week |
| 24 | They 've been open all hours … at Kingsholm this week … running on overtime getting ready for a game that could simply make or break the season … you know what they say about it never raining … it 's been pouring on Gloucester this season … defeat for the Cherry and Whites tomorrow would put them on the relegation trapdoor … |