Example sentences of "we have been [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been lacking a wee bit of professionalism recently . |
| 2 | In the last year we have been developing an occasional series to respond to this demand — the Survivors ' Guide . |
| 3 | But can I just make the point that we have been investing a great deal in British Rail , and the idea that er all over the piece we 're talking about non-modernized railways simply not true . |
| 4 | We know we have been reading a novel but nevertheless we can believe that what the author has told us is true . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | In the above discussion we have been considering a word-oriented computer where each instruction occupies one word . |
| 7 | We have been reversing the Labour Party 's neglect of the prison service in the 1970s . |
| 8 | So far we have been discussing the intentional aspect of language in our comparison of human with other animal communication . |
| 9 | To date we have been permitting an additional smoking break in the morning and again in the afternoon for smokers within the office as part of the agreement to have no smoking throughout the main parts of Chesser House . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 13 | So far we have been presupposing a single agent responding to a present situation and trying to guide his spontaneity by reason . |
| 14 | Says 24-year-old Alex : ‘ We have been having a great time in Blackpool and are all so excited about coming to Liverpool . |