Example sentences of "they [vb base] [be] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And can I just comment on one point by Mr , he said about they 've been using the local government erm housing Act . |
| 2 | They 've been testing the top-of-the-range model , the one with the voice activated selector , on site … |
| 3 | They 've been restoring a battered old narrowboat . |
| 4 | For years they have been receiving the same information in both printout and statement form — the Bank will benefit to the tune of £10,000 in tangible savings and £71,000 in productivity savings per annum . |
| 5 | If they have been taking a prescribed drug this is likely to have been methadone , and if the daily dose can be established this can be prescribed . |
| 6 | Since then they have been effecting a gradual programme of repair , restoration and alteration . |
| 7 | Women are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as arthritis , osteoporosis ( brittle-bone disease ) and heart attacks in their middle years if they have been leading a sedentary life , sitting slumped in front of the television , losing muscle tone and even bone mass . |
| 8 | ‘ They have been doing a fantastic job putting the Berlitz name in a leading position since the move from Lausanne and through the process of merger with Fukutake , ’ said Mr Kirkpatrick . |
| 9 | They have been fighting a real war , a race war , a class war , a war over resources and territory , a war in which real children die every day , a war nobody can win because no territory is conquered and the body counts do not mean victory . |