Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] have [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the New Year legislation , many drivers have have been making a New Year resolution to steer clear of trouble . |
| 2 | Firms within the zones seem to have been doing better than equivalent companies elsewhere . |
| 3 | In a period of anxious entrail-gazing , practically anything that coincides with what post-hoc statistics show to have been going on at the time , will qualify for this accolade . |
| 4 | The changes seem to have been alternating periods of humid conditions and aridity . |
| 5 | Dickerson and Lee seem to have been saving Malcolm X up for years ; they were buddies at film school . |
| 6 | These territories appear to have been breaking free from West Saxon domination and it may be that Ine 's weakening hold on Surrey at this time reflects either renewed Kentish influence in the area or a stage in the growth of the power of Aethelbald . |
| 7 | The heaviest copper head from Ife weighs almost 7 kg so the Ife smiths seem to have been working at the limits of this technique . |
| 8 | Both factors appear to have been operating ; Chapter Four has shown the greater volume of major services ( such as home help and day centres ) being used by sample members in Newham . |
| 9 | ‘ At the moment the big givers appear to have been giving more and the smaller ones less , ’ Fountain says . |
| 10 | In the bigger world , the GATT talks seem to have been going on forever , with Downing Street promising for two years that the end was in sight . |