Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [verb] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The method of carbon dating is based on the assumption that these two reactions have been occurring at a constant rate for the past 15000 years . |
| 2 | Relations with America are on the mend after months in which the two countries had been arguing about the fate of nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil . |
| 3 | There is a story that two painters had been drinking until dawn and , on hearing the news of the occupation on the radio , went out and found themselves an inspector of police . |
| 4 | The two cousins had been writing to each other in secret for several weeks , and Cathy had used the milkman as a messenger . |
| 5 | The woods were extensive and the two men had been walking about the property for over an hour . |