Example sentences of "they have been [v-ing] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been sitting still for too long . |
| 2 | Peter Bateman of Rentokil says there 's a reason for their bad behaviour — they 've been getting drunk on rotten fruit . |
| 3 | Lots of inquiries about Foster and Allen they 're coming on the programme later they 've just got number one for the first time with their new video with their new single I do n't know I 'm not quite sure we 'll find out when they get here well they 've just got number one for the first time and they 've been trying hard for a long time . |
| 4 | I 've filmed the training sessions where they have been practising collapsing on purpose to cancel out our traditional strength in this department . |
| 5 | It is only when you stop scanning the horizon for monumental shapes that you realise they have been looming unnoticed in the foreground all along . |