Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cavaliers and Roundheads have been stocking up for another season , re-enacting the English Civil War . |
| 2 | In fact , women have been speaking out on this issue for some time — among them Sue Cavanagh , co-author of a report on women 's loos published by the Women 's Design Service . |
| 3 | For 15 years the basic state pension has been uprated in line with prices , not earnings ; as a result , the living standards of the poorest old people have been drifting down against those of people in work . |
| 4 | I was stuck in hospital for three weeks and since then have been shuffling around behind that thing . ’ |
| 5 | Although this written account is extremely tenuous , patient archaeological excavations that have been going on for many years on Santorin are beginning to reveal a story to rival that of Pompeii . |
| 6 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |