Example sentences of "that have been [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though Xorandor resigns himself to his fate , he tells the children a secret : he has not in fact come from Mars at all but is a member of a race that has been living on Earth for millions of years , communicating over vast distances through radio pulses in binary code . |
| 2 | It 's a word that has been percolating in dance music for the past couple of years , a reminder that there was life before raves , gripping club culture by the scruff of its Joe Bloggs shirt , and shaking it until the penny drops . |
| 3 | The vote of no confidence was a final humiliation for a government that had been clinging to office . |
| 4 | As the sound was repeated again and again the tears that had been brimming in Lan 's eyes spurted down her cheeks , and beside her Tam listened rigid with horror , waiting for the sound of his brother 's wailing to begin . |
| 5 | oh , no wonder that 's been hurting at night |
| 6 | Well never can he and er the other partners with er the plant hire that 's been going for donkey 's ages and never shows a profit . |