Example sentences of "he has been [v-ing] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 2 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 3 | The day , the expenditure of emotion — the oyster knife he has been inserting into these women 's lives — have tired him . |
| 4 | He has been writing for some time , starting with horror , and has more recently turned to the psychological thriller . |
| 5 | Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years . |
| 6 | When Ellcock announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the age of 216 after Middlesex 's pre-season tour to Portugal , he was finally admitting defeat in a struggle to overcome back problems he has been fighting for much of his 10-year career . |
| 7 | Mr Boris Yeltsin , the president of Russia , may have won the battle , but he has not yet won the war he has been fighting for more than half a year with the Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 8 | No individual can sell or receive commission on investment business , unless he has been working for that same Company for at least five continuous years . |
| 9 | He has been working in this vein since the late Sixties , when only hippies , greens and cranks thought it was important . |
| 10 | Spurs chief executive Terry Venables said : ‘ I 'm thrilled for Gordon because he has been suffering with this ‘ cheat ’ slur hanging over him . |