Example sentences of "that have been [v-ing] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NOTE Urine that has been standing some of the night is not a true specimen for testing . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | My next call was to the company that had been holding some of my things in storage , just to warn them that I was coming round . |
| 4 | I heard myself saying the line that had been waiting ready for months : ‘ I think the time has come when you must go in . ’ |
| 5 | Claws braced on the wall beneath it , the thing strained upwards , rolling its dripping head in agony — and something that had been lying tight beneath it on the pavement slid from under its ravaged body and into the basement . |