Example sentences of "we have [been] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have been monitoring the downward trend over the last 10 years , and our impression is that the decline is beginning to bottom out : there may have been 5m fewer loans last year , but the drop was 15m in 1991–92 . |
| 2 | We have been denied the exhilarating late ‘ minuet ’ tempos of Haydn and Mozart … |
| 3 | We have been reversing the Labour Party 's neglect of the prison service in the 1970s . |
| 4 | So far we have been discussing the intentional aspect of language in our comparison of human with other animal communication . |
| 5 | This second stage is carried out in public speech to which we have been given the decoding key , and from our privileged perspective the success of the hypocrite has unfortunate consequences for the dupe . |
| 6 | This year , we have been running the general SVQ at level I for around 36 students in S5 — and we 're very pleased with the way it 's gone . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's all very well people telling us we are a really attractive side to watch , ’ he said , ‘ but we have been conceding the odd soft goal and that 's got to stop . |
| 8 | Answer guide : The point being illustrated here is that although we have been told the finite life of the machine and we are aware of the reasons for the loss in utility we still have to make estimates of when the machine will cease to be useful . |
| 9 | In fact we have been so good at it that we have been awarded the RCI Gold Star for the second year running . |