Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends of the Earth groups around the world have been publicising the plight of the rainforest and have had particular success in Brazil , supporting Paulinho Paiakan of the Kayapo and other tribal leaders . |
| 2 | Junior ministers have been inviting the sack by asking him to resign . |
| 3 | Although President Bush has been opposed to any such deal , Miami lawyers acting for Gen Noriega and leading US senators have been exploring the possibility of an agreement that could lead to a ceasefire and freedom for the American hostages . |
| 4 | A typical example — and there are many of these — was when he patiently sat through a high level Air Ministry conference listening to the Mosquito being castigated for its poor night flying qualities ( because of the glare from the exhausts ) , and Boscombe Down recommended that it should never be flown at night , the chairman , as an afterthought , suggested Bennett contribute his views : " I wish someone hid told me about all these faults ' , he replied , " because I have been flying the Masse on OBOE night trials with excellent results " . |
| 5 | Western experts have been reconstructing the course of events that led to the explosion in a tank containing uranium and plutonium , with the help of reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency , which visited the site after the incident . |
| 6 | Council officers in Sefton now plan a clamp-down after a survey in the borough found retailers have been flouting the law by selling tobacco to under 16s and failing to display the statutory notices . |
| 7 | Representatives of the EEC 's technical assistance programme have been promoting the technology in Pacific islands like Fiji and Tonga . |
| 8 | Crews from four fire stations threatened with closure have been holding a demonstration against the plans . |
| 9 | IN MEMORY of three colleagues who died last year , Education Department staff at Torpichen Street have been holding a number of events to raise money for charity . |
| 10 | Manchester City have been tracking the 30-year-old since the summer , but Everton could provide the perfect escape route . |
| 11 | Anyway , to the issue of the C65 which I have been hearing a lot about recently , but still do n't know exactly what it does . |
| 12 | LATELY , we have been hearing a lot about date rape . |
| 13 | Oxford schoolchildren have been taking a peek behind the scenes at Sainsburys today as part of the Green Consumer Day . |
| 14 | You can expect ructions at home if you have been taking a partner for granted recently . |
| 15 | Glenn Hoddle and his men have been taking a break in Spain this week , so let ; s hope their ready and willing to kill the Posh off tomorrow . |
| 16 | We have been taking a lot of coal out these last few days , everyone has been putting the hours in . |
| 17 | You seem as if you have been taking the walk in the rain . |
| 18 | Prisoners who shared a cell with an alleged murderer have been telling a jury about threats made against a police informer whose body was later found in a lake . |
| 19 | After all , you have been telling the time for years , have n't you ? |
| 20 | Attempting to predict the changes likely to take place in practices and in the world at large and their consequences for Institutional education policy , has been a function of the educational committees of the Institution and the centres of full-time education , all of whom have been addressing the question since early 1985 . |
| 21 | ’ ‘ More likely , ’ I told her , ’ the Ardakkeans have been erasing every mention of their very valuable phetam . |
| 22 | ‘ We have been considering a move into the US coal industry for some time and the acquisition of these mines is the first step in establishing the foundations of a new high quality business for RTZ in the USA , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Over the past couple of years , Waverley Borough Council have been considering a number of plans to redevelop the area and it was recently decided that because of the state of the building it should be demolished . |
| 24 | We have been considering the problem for some time — — unlike the right hon. Gentleman , who has only just discovered it . |
| 25 | We have been considering the subject of history . |
| 26 | US regulatory officials have been using the level of CD4 ( T-helper ) cells as a surrogate measure of the progress ( and alleviation ) of AIDS symptoms . |
| 27 | I have been using the playhouse for about ten years now and going back to the point that someone made earlier about sex well about erm racism sexism is does n't that count as censorship . |
| 28 | Before the Swinbrook farmer had finished talking to them , Boz leaped to his feet to say , angrily , ‘ We Romanies have been using the forest for hundreds of years . |
| 29 | He says that they have been using the shaft for dumping substances . |
| 30 | While the hangar has clearly attracted much of the limelight during the last couple of years , NAM have been undertaking a programme of conservation on their larger airframes . |