Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because if you do , you can not fail to be deeply impressed by the very many ways in which high-fibre foods can help you to slim , and to come to the conclusion that the F-Plan is that major slimming breakthrough everyone has been seeking for so long . |
| 2 | It 's their last song , the one everyone has been waiting for , it 's their biggest hit — it 's a hysterical cock-up . |
| 3 | At the moment everyone has been talking about other people behind people 's backs yeah Shrimp , you got good English ! |
| 4 | At the moment everyone has been talking about other people behind people 's backs . |
| 5 | And this week the IMF made public what everyone has been saying in private : that there can be little foreign help on offer until the Soviet Union reforms its ‘ rotten ’ economy . |
| 6 | I find myself alone with the steward who tells me has been working on this line for the past twenty-five years . |
| 7 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 8 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 9 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 10 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 11 | ‘ If someone has been living on the streets for a number of years he ca n't switch over to an organized life in a couple of days … it is too sudden . |
| 12 | I 'm just wondering why , cos someone 's been dealing with that |
| 13 | Somebody has been interfering with this case internally . ’ |
| 14 | The Halifax , which has been experimenting with auctions for several months , had no fewer than 82 repossessed houses and flats in the sale . |
| 15 | As its name would suggest , WinFax is a Windows-based Fax application , which has been shipping for a year now in its Version 2.0 form . |
| 16 | The claim is sometimes made of a lack of continuity in policy which has been damaging to growth : in particular , that political changes have inhibited consistent action by civil servants . |
| 17 | Their goodness has helped to make up the huge amount of goodness which has been accumulating for thousands of years and which we call the Created God . ’ |
| 18 | Then when you stop dieting , the body , which has been acting in a kind of starvation mode , finds that it has become used to its new BMR and requires less calories to function . |
| 19 | For Cable & Wireless , the CITIC investment would remove what analysts describe as the ‘ political factor ’ which has been hanging over Hong Kong Telecom . |
| 20 | They have set up an AIDS task force , which has been searching for the bug that causes the disease ; they suspect a virus . |
| 21 | Agribusiness , which has been moving into the luxury end of the market , with the growth of carnations in Colombia and strawberries in Mexico for sale in the United States , has contributed to the high level of exports . |
| 22 | Today the control room which has been buzzing with activity for the past fortnight is empty , most travellers have now left the area . |
| 23 | For example , in one CSE mode three which has been operating for about ten years , the course objectives are divided into content and process . |
| 24 | WRECS , which has been operating for almost a decade , now boasts a membership of more than 40 who attended the evening of festive fun at the Pavilion Club , Barlaston , complete with refreshments and cabaret . |
| 25 | The CIA 's code of conduct , which has been operating since last April , is now an integral part of the association 's Responsible Care programme , to which all CIA member companies have now signed up . |
| 26 | My husband has not paid the community charge which has been operating in Scotland for a year . |
| 27 | This morning for instance the Scottish executive of the people 's party will have an opportunity to examine the fruits of some of the labours of the Scottish Trades Union Congress , which has been functioning as the honest broker following the swiftly evaporating euphoria of the 25,000 souls who turned up on 12 December . |
| 28 | A curd which has been soaking in its own whey makes an acid cheese ( which explains the often sharp taste of Eastern Mediterranean white cheeses which are sometimes stored in whey ) . |
| 29 | In an experiment carried out at Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula in 1989 , microscopic floating ocean plants ( phytoplankton ) were taken from the nearby bay and brought into the laboratory , where they were subjected to levels of ultra-violet radiation estimated to be equivalent to the amount of ultra-violet being transmitted through the ozone hole which has been developing in Antarctica each spring in recent years . |
| 30 | Public opinion in general is turning to a more natural approach both to the environment and to health as a reaction to the increasingly mechanized view of man and society which has been developing throughout the greater part of this century . |