Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Irish in Britain Representation Group led a march from Whittington Park calling for the release of the Birmingham 6 and the Guildford 4 , who have been protesting their innocence for the past 14 years . |
| 2 | ‘ Sir , we have been seeking his permission for a long time ; he will not give it . |
| 3 | THE FRENCH have been shifting their money from the stock market into Paris property , according to Donnelle Higbee , who runs Hampton 's Paris office . |
| 4 | A farmer and his wife have been teaching their son at home for over two years because they do n't want him to go to a special school . |
| 5 | Investors have been expecting its publication for the last two weeks but are fearful it will be kept back for the week when Parliament goes into the Christmas recess . |
| 6 | Apple , in particular , have been building their repertoire of authoring tools ever since they launched their quintessential multimedia platform , the Macintosh . |
| 7 | Staff and residents have been praising her bravery in trying to stop the thief . |
| 8 | ‘ I have been renewing my acquaintance with the wench at The Bull . |
| 9 | Since the ban , it appears farmers have been selling their milk to pig farmers , so the problem may simply shift from milk to pork . |
| 10 | By public demand their split became merely a brief sabbatical , and since being reunited the Blues Band have been playing their cocktail of traditional blues and original material around the globe . |
| 11 | Over the last few months I have been working my way through the variation switches . |
| 12 | The two sides in the battle over admitting men to an Oxford women 's college have been putting their case to University Chancellor , Lord Jenkins . |
| 13 | Our French Canadian friends have been very good company for us ( actually , the woman , Dorothy , is Scottish by birth and upbringing ) , and we have been improving our French at the breakfast table , so even if ( as I fear ) we shall come home unable to speak more than ‘ hullo ’ ‘ goodbye ’ and ‘ thank you ’ in Chinese , at least our French will be a bit better . |
| 14 | Throughout the week the pupils of the council 's art class in Ballyclare High School and their tutor , Di Whitla , have been exhibiting their work in the Town Hall . |
| 15 | : Fa Some of the country 's leading film starts have been adding their weight to a campaign to keep open an Oxfordshire cinema . |
| 16 | Dog owners from all over the country have been showing their appreciation for what they claim is the most royal of breeds . |
| 17 | It is concealed down a narrow alley linking Hatton Garden with Ely Court but patrons have been finding their way to it since the sixteenth century . |
| 18 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
| 19 | CHARLES DARWIN opened a can of worms which have been crawling their way up the evolutionary ladder of history ever since . |
| 20 | The thieves have been forcing their way into the homes of elderly people , holding them down while searching for their savings . |
| 21 | EVER since Copernicus removed the Earth from the centre of the Solar System , scientists — and astronomers in particular — have been rendering our place in the Universe less and less special . |
| 22 | It 's just , he must have felt so out of it , stuck here while all our brave boys have been doing their bit for us . ’ |
| 23 | People have been burying their excrement in pits for thousands of years . |