Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] been [v-ing] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | BLOOD on their hands , as it were , readers have been grappling with the unsolved mystery we set last week . |
| 2 | Nicholson said : ‘ Everyone 's been marvellous — local kids have been playing with her and bringing her presents . |
| 3 | In the last week , both Protestants and Republicans have been vying with each other to grab the headlines by claiming the 3,000th victim . |
| 4 | However , many of those organisations have been contracting with TECs and will therefore have developed in this area . |
| 5 | Both organisations have been negotiating with their local Training and Enterprise Councils over their annual funding allocation , due to take effect next week . |
| 6 | How can England 's cricket bosses allow them to scoop all that money if their bowlers have been tampering with the ball ? |
| 7 | Many families who get into difficulties have been struggling with problems that would daunt the most energetic and resourceful of people . |
| 8 | British firms have been struggling with the first of these for the past 18 months , and for the past six or so have also suffered from the second . |
| 9 | Wilkinson said : ‘ Grimsby have been playing with five at the back and gave Ipswich a tough last match . |
| 10 | For the past month the Clintonians have been working with opinion polls and focus groups , all the paraphernalia of selling soap , to devise exactly the policy the public will accept . |
| 11 | During the past week there have been several occasions where people have been meddling with candles and other things in the church , including the money boxes yet again , and so it is with some sadness that I have decided to keep the church locked during the holiday period . |
| 12 | Social services staff have been negotiating with the Department of Health and are expecting a decision to be made in the next couple of weeks . |
| 13 | Since the Headington Hill Hall collection arrived the auctioneers ' viewing rooms have been buzzing with the wealthy and the curious |
| 14 | There has also been criticism of the Government 's shifting from a pilot scheme it has been running since 1989 , in which secondary teachers have been linking with primary staff in 76 schools to provide their specialist input . |
| 15 | This week William and his horse Chaka have been training with the rest of the British team at Badminton … back in the spring they enjoyed their finest hour here when they finished seventh in the annual championships … |
| 16 | County councillors have been dealing with British Coal in relation to Gascoigne Wood and Selby complex for twenty years . |
| 17 | More interestingly , sources say that HP is currently weighing a 20% stake in Taligent to cement the new relationship , while IBM brass have been meeting with HP officials at various locations around the US over the last few days firefighting for their support . |
| 18 | ‘ Members of my church have been working with ACET since it started 3 years ago . |
| 19 | Clearly , no one explanation could cover why we eat cows but not cats ; why big game hunting is the traditional pursuit of the wealthy ; why furs are going out of fashion ; why sexual slang employs so many animal and eating metaphors ; why customary cannibalism is seldom if ever authenticated ; why we worry so much more about high fat meats than about eating cheese ; why so many religious sects espouse vegetarianism ; why burger bars have been redecorating with pastel colours ; why the Flintstones barbecue dinosaur steaks ; why we eat beef rather than cow ; why businessmen might eat steak tartare at a negotiating lunch ; and why meat is said to give men aggression , strength , or heterosexual virility . |
| 20 | MY work has been written in sand and after my death will disappear in a decade or so , ’ wrote August Bournonville ( 1805–79 ) , the Danish choreographer whose ballets are still in the repertory , and whom the Danes have been celebrating with yet another Bournonville festival in Copenhagen . |
| 21 | Rotosound have been experimenting with a new type of nickel plating which gives an exceptionally bright sound thanks to increased magnetic response . |
| 22 | Those boys have been playing with a short mallet since they were two . |
| 23 | FOR THE first time , to his knowledge , the forces of law ‘ n ’ order have been tampering with items mailed from the US to Maurice Frankel , director of the Campaign for Freedom of Information . |
| 24 | Local authorities have been cooperating with the health authorities in the provision of community care schemes for several years under special arrangements for joint finance . |
| 25 | The authorities have been grappling with the problem for a decade , but still the cars choke the cobbled streets . |
| 26 | Partly it is because the courts have been dealing with greater numbers of offenders . |
| 27 | ‘ I think a lot of Canadians have been waiting with baited breath for several months wondering whether he will stay or go and I think the fact he 's leaving is going to be good for the country , ’ the deputy Liberal leader , Sheila Copps , said . |
| 28 | As we come to the great season of Christmas , throughout the country schools and churches have been celebrating with their festivals , especially those of nine lessons and carols . |
| 29 | Nevertheless I would claim that the religious life as a phenomenon has insights which can throw light on the question , because the nuns have been wrestling with it for centuries . |
| 30 | Tories have been battling with each other in the Commons , on TV , in the newspapers and on the floor of the Tory Party conference with a ferocity never seen this century . |