Example sentences of "they have been [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the children of your unmarried partner can not inherit from you unless you adopt them or make a will even if they have been living as a family with you both . |
| 2 | When we have breakfast , on the 8th floor , we can look down on the river , and watch all the river traffic , including large passenger vessels , big merchant ships belching smoke , strings of wooden barges , and big and small old-fashioned junks , which look as if they have been sailing for a 100 years at least . |
| 3 | The length of time they have been waiting for a house or factors such as overcrowding and damp are far more important than marital status , Mrs Smith said . |
| 4 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 5 | Only the higher levels of secondary education , from the ninth grade onwards , have continued to expand , though they have been growing from a very low base . |
| 6 | The TARDIS has brought the time-travellers back to Roman times — to 64 AD to be exact — and they have been holidaying in a deserted villa near a small town . |
| 7 | Since December they have been pouring from a new fissure in Etna , 7,500ft above sea level . |