Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , many governments have extended legislation to other areas , for example , laws which permit police to use a breathalyser test to detect and detain drivers who have been drinking in excess of the alcohol limit . |
| 2 | A large number of the part-timers have been reporting for duty for the entire twenty years of the Ulster Defence Regiment 's existence . |
| 3 | United have been tumbling into trouble over the last couple of weeks … last time they won was Denis Smith 's first match as manager … |
| 4 | Without knowing it I have been living in poverty for the past 14 years . |
| 5 | Teenagers at Giggleswick School , near Settle , have been learning about business by setting up their own manufacturing company , XS Baggage . |
| 6 | Erm I 'd like to refer to my page three or er section four in my conclusions because I think if I if I heard Professor Lock correctly I think he and I are at one in in a suggestion which is is put to you in in if you like without prejudice to the generality of what I have been saying in support of the council 's policy . |
| 7 | In the centre of the front two Iraqi oil wells and a gas well have been burning in no-man's-land since the last days of the war . |
| 8 | More than seventy prisoners have been rioting in part of the Shotts maximum security prison in Scotland . |
| 9 | The exhibition will include various technologies on which Fujitsu and the Singapore government have been working as part of the IT2000 plan , Singapore 's comprehensive computing plan for the twenty-first century , which include south-east Asia 's first B-ISDN service . |
| 10 | Scientists at Smith Kline Beecham have been working on Havrix for eight years . |
| 11 | Syrians moved into at least five neighbourhoods where the Syrian-backed Amal militia and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah have been fighting since noon on Thursday . |
| 12 | Community nurses have been waiting for news about how they are to be organised for some time , and uncertainty about the future is always bad for morale . |
| 13 | The aim of this legislation , as the Supreme Court noted , is to facilitate economic development , although it is fair to add that lenders both from within and outside the country have been pressing for change for some time . |
| 14 | It may be a new experience for you — but students have been going to college for at least two-and-a-half thousand years ! |
| 15 | The Dolphin , the Bermuda Suite , Club 93 , the Bingo hall , a large swimming pool , a Sports hall , Amusements , these are just some of the few things that are situated at Highfield Holiday Park , Clacton , where my family and I have been going on Holiday for 10 years . |
| 16 | Workers at a piano factory threatened with closure have been demonstrating in support of a management buyout . |
| 17 | Women have been campaigning for equality for a long time . |
| 18 | The heads of the other men present have been swivelling from side to side , like spectators at a tennis match , during this argument . |