Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past few days shoppers have been paying one last visit to the store , many angered by a trend which has seen Liverpool stripped of many of its landmark shops . |
| 2 | conscious … that their peoples have been living together in peace since 1945 ; |
| 3 | Already there have been reports of ticket forging and some Wolves fans have been drinking in the city since lunchtime . |
| 4 | Thousands of football fans have been queueing to book their seats at one of the biggest matches in their club 's history . |
| 5 | ‘ The fans have been wanting a new face up front because of our recent goal drought . |
| 6 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 7 | We 've had hundreds of cards and letters for our special Pick the Manager Competition … some fans have been giving it plenty of thought … some have taken to the drawing board … |
| 8 | Thousands of fans have been flocking to see Britain 's longest running soap opera on the live stage . |
| 9 | The Lib Dems have been gaining ground in Cheltenmham for some years . |
| 10 | ‘ Schools have been dealing in failure too long , and with the demographic and consumer pressures the present system is simply no longer viable . |
| 11 | Led by conductor Richard McNicol , pupils and teachers from 27 Cleveland primary schools have been exploring Mussorgsky 's Pictures at an Exhibition by composing their own versions of it . |
| 12 | These schools have been using microcomputers for three years and have had substantial teacher training , provision of materials and other support services from the ILEA . |
| 13 | Requests to place pupils in particular schools have been increasing during the 1980s . |
| 14 | Our schools have been failing . |
| 15 | This second year of decline followed eight years of modest growth ; but over the long term independent schools have been losing market share . |
| 16 | More than 30,000 pupils from 70 Wirral schools have been raising money for Winch , which expects to hand over a five-figure cheque to the national appeal the following Friday . |
| 17 | CHILDREN from Llandudno schools have been doing their bit to help soften the impact of a massive building project on the town 's promenade . |
| 18 | CHILDREN from Llandudno schools have been doing their bit to help soften the impact of a massive building project on Llandudno 's promenade . |
| 19 | BLOOD on their hands , as it were , readers have been grappling with the unsolved mystery we set last week . |
| 20 | The groups of ministers , backbenchers and sympathizers have been meeting roughly once a fortnight — breakfast with Lord Young , tea or early evening drinks with Mr Kenneth Clarke and somewhat perfunctory discussions with Mr Nigel Lawson ( who has already thought most thoughts ) . |
| 21 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 22 | The biggest disillusionment , however , came from the way some American journalists have been roughing up Gérard Depardieu , the larger-than-screen hero of ‘ Cyrano ’ . |
| 23 | Journalists have been asking the question since he was , well , 23 . |
| 24 | Although Jacquard looms have been going for over 100 years , improvements are still being carried out . |
| 25 | Offshore units have been piloting changes in the job training format which will result in a reduction in paperwork and clearer guidance for the trainers . |
| 26 | Milkmen have been collecting tinned foods and medicine from their customers to help the needy in the Russian town of Kostroma , which is twinned with County Durham . |
| 27 | The milkmen have been watching out for customers who lay their part in the community , are good neighbour , keep a watchful eye on elderly residents , or putting nuts out for the birds . |
| 28 | Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms . |
| 29 | Local people and organizations have been complaining for years about high levels of tritium found in groundwater , drinking water and in milk from local dairies . |
| 30 | Some US dairy farming organizations have been urging the FDA to ban BST for some time . |