Example sentences of "we have [been] [v-ing] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the enemy 's all deflated and dead , I feel like all my friends and all the artists were like little pygmies and we 've been trying to kill this elephant all these years with little arrows , and finally tonight … |
| 2 | Do you realize we 've been trying to get ready for twenty minutes ? |
| 3 | The trouble is , we 've been having to spend more money on bribes lately . |
| 4 | On the debit side we have dropped one day on the calving interval to 376 days , although not a disaster we had been trying to improve that but our heifers are calving at 28 months instead of two years three months . |
| 5 | Through surveys and informal questioning and , more recently , partnerships we have been trying to do that . ’ |
| 6 | I think that what we 're really looking for is a stimulating , exciting involvement of parents , of students , of teachers , of everyone who has an interest in the success of a school , and I think for some years at Cardinal Newman we have been trying to create this open society , which gives access at all levels to all the children and to their parents , and we do n't want to close the society in any shape or form . |
| 7 | We have been trying to brief some Labour Members , especially the London Members . |
| 8 | We have been trying to breed Red Pandas for some time but they are very difficult . |