Example sentences of "[pron] has been making [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose the appeal to me has been making things happen and changing things and feeling quite British about it and proud of what in my very small way I have been able to do in this country and being able to export that abroad and make it a success there . |
| 2 | GEC , which has been making fibres for Telecom for two and a half years , says it is aiming to get the cost down to £100 per kilometre by the end of the 1980s . |
| 3 | ‘ We bought the malt extract arm of the Distillers Group which has been making malt for 100 years . |
| 4 | Her personal milliner John Boyd , who has been making hats for the princess since she was 16 , said : ‘ She already has such a collection of hats that she does n't need anything new for this occasion . ’ |
| 5 | Rourke , who has been making films since Spielberg 's 1941 in 1979 , earned his reputation in 1987 after slamming the producers of A Prayer For the Dying for turning his part into ‘ an Irish Rambo ’ . |
| 6 | During the opening ceremony Governor Hunt paid special tribute to Courtaulds ' long association with Alabama — it has been making viscose rayon there for 40 years — presenting a ‘ birthday ’ proclamation to David Duthie , head of the company 's Cellulosics business . |
| 7 | ‘ Its concentration on domestic mortgages makes it more like a building society than a bank and , although it has been making losses with the rest of them , it has just managed to climb back into profitability . ’ |
| 8 | Formed in 1920 it has been making men 's shoes in Rushden ever since . |