Example sentences of "they have been [v-ing] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been collecting goodies from all over the globe , with no trouble or expense spared , and have recently announced that they have just paid a world record price for a rather small amount of tea . |
| 2 | They have been collecting tins from their customers to help the needy in the Russian town of Kostroma , which is twinned with County Durham . |
| 3 | The difference is that they are now employed by the businesses to whom they have been supplying services for some time . ’ |
| 4 | Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency due to a very slight , and sometimes unrecognisable , blood loss from such conditions as piles , diverticulitis , hiatus hernia — and occasionally bleeding from the stomach , if they have been taking aspirin for rheumatism daily for long periods , and this may cause anaemia . |
| 5 | Since they formed in Birmingham way back in 1978 , they have been leading players in the UK 's reggae movement , even if their sound has become rather commercial in recent years . |
| 6 | They have been challenging people without reason to declare that they are innocent of a crime . |
| 7 | The question arises as to whether this is the result of their having fallen into apathy out of fear of repression and a belief that it is not possible to make progress ; or whether it is precisely because they have been making progress through existing channels that the militant challenge has withered . |
| 8 | Q. I have two six-inch Temporales , which I bought as a pair when they were three inches long , and lately they have been showing signs of breeding , such as locking their jaws and tail slapping . |
| 9 | As an earnest of their firm intentions they have been consolidating flights in December , which is unprecedented . |
| 10 | Up until today they have been winning praise for the quality of their football but everything seemed to go wrong this afternoon . |
| 11 | They have been going hammer-and-tongs since last July and the tour of Namibia . |
| 12 | Indeed , French doctors believe that if left untreated ( and they have been treating women with cellulite for forty years ) it can lead to serious disorders such as arthritis . |