Example sentences of "only [been] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | English wine growers have only been operating on a commercial basis for the past 20 years . |
2 | But you 've only been skiing for a short while . |
3 | Croce , a noted Philadelphia cancer researcher , has only been collecting for the past ten years , specialising in Italian seventeenth-century paintings and drawings . |
4 | In fact , he has only been working as a professional for three years or so , and has had to learn his trade by trial and error . |
5 | Carole Rue , BT 's network services development manager , said : ‘ Although the trial has only been running for a few weeks we 're most encouraged by the initial response from our customers . |
6 | I believe she used to be so reluctant about marrying people because marriage is important to her , she 's only been waiting for the right one . ’ |
7 | Although they have only been trading for the last ten years , they continue the tradition of using a water powered mill which started in the 1800s . |