Example sentences of "say that they [verb] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | Mike says that they 've been working hard to organise the trip — and is not bothered about the risk of visiting the country . |
2 | He says that they have been using the shaft for dumping substances . |
3 | In addition to normal responsibilities , which include making new investments , approaching new potential customers and keeping existing customers happy , Mr Queen says that they have been trying to educate the professional community to recognise when a company is going to need more working capital . |
4 | They said that they had been talking about it themselves . |
5 | Bastian , the independent scholar/dealer , who organised the show together with another independent curator , Werner Spies , says that he is most pleased with the reaction of an old couple from Dresden , who on the first day said that they had been longing to see Picasso 's work for forty years . |
6 | Most of the ‘ masters ’ of torture said that they had been fighting a desperate unseen war , whose atmosphere could not be imagined by people from democracies . |