Example sentences of "the [noun sg] has been [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Mr Nofomela 's confession to the killing — the day before he was due to be executed for the murder of a white farmer — which led to the disclosures that the force has been running professional death squads . |
| 2 | The team has been scrutinising new data collected during April , and last week they found one proton-antiproton collision recorded in their apparatus which bears the hallmarks of a Z o . |
| 3 | The race has been taxing young bloods as far back as the 17th Century . |
| 4 | Cos the vice has been going rusty . |
| 5 | The vice has been going rusty cos of the dryer . |
| 6 | So far nothing has been taken , but the woman has been asking detailed questions about security and the layout of the houses . |
| 7 | Although the government has been pushing liquid petroleum gas ( LPG ) in metropolitan cities , its supply remains restricted to the upper middle class and the demand far outstrips the supply . |
| 8 | Your Lordships will be aware that the Government has been giving careful consideration to the issue of whether B R should be a franchisee in the light of the noble lord Lord Paignton 's amendment , agreed at committee stage . |
| 9 | The army has been giving would-be soldiers the chance to get some hands on experience of military equipment . |
| 10 | He says that the river has been getting cleaner over the years so this is a setback . |
| 11 | He says that the river has been getting cleaner over the years so this is a setback . |
| 12 | But the storyteller has been using all his art to lead us up the garden path . |
| 13 | In The Art Newspaper No. 16 March 1992 p. 6 we published the fears of some art historians that this exhibition might have been infiltrated by fakes ; in the event these fears have proved to be groundless and the show has been enjoying great success . |
| 14 | The star has been getting used to the infatuations of Luke-crazed girls . |
| 15 | BUT THE ROYAL SCANDAL OF THE CENTURY HAS BEEN GETTING CLOSER … |
| 16 | Euless , Texas-based Xalt Software Corp 's Xalt Office , the suite of five graphically-based integrated applications including Desk , Diary , Notes , Mail and People Manager , is now immediately available for Sparc machines priced at $200 ; Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp versions are due any day now ; the company has been circulating early development copies since last September , and adding features and functions . |
| 17 | The stork has been flying low and landed three times in the Surrey area recently , visiting . |
| 18 | The party has been using some bright capitalist techniques to get itself in election-fighting mettle . |
| 19 | The Pearl has been making strenuous efforts to change its business direction , but the Australians clearly see the possibilities offered by the British group 's large distribution network to market its own products . |
| 20 | They will need to bring new ideas , for the supply has been running short and the election has not made the need any less urgent . |