Example sentences of "[noun] have been [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an attempt to overcome the criticisms that its Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking technology is too proprietary , IBM Corp has been making moves to increase its appeal . |
| 2 | Branfoot has been inviting Holland manager Dick Advocaat to run the rule over Chelsea reject Monkou all season but Shearer , for one , will be happy if the Dutch continue to ignore him . |
| 3 | Most recently , the idea of joint RFT technology requests has been winning friends . |
| 4 | The final insult has been moving Coronation Street forward half an hour to show European Cup games . |
| 5 | ‘ Jim has been patching players up to keep them going from week to week . |
| 6 | ‘ The prince has been forging contacts , and speaking to industrialists and politicians to find ways of helping conserve the city . |
| 7 | Morland has been brewing beers in Oxfordshire since 1711 , making it the second oldest brewery in the country . |
| 8 | Apparently , someone called Harry Kellerman has been phoning people up about George , and giving him ‘ the bad mouth all over town ’ . |
| 9 | Regional Council president Gérard Longuet has been holding discussions on this agreement since June not only with Les Verts but also with Génération Ecologie , two of whose six representatives also announced their support for his administration . |
| 10 | JSL of Hereford has been making pistols since 1975 , mostly for export . |
| 11 | NIGEL LAWSON has been testing Ivory & Sime 's sense of humour . |
| 12 | A group of venture scouts has been bringing smiles to the faces of children from refugee camps in Bosnia . |
| 13 | GEORGE Duffield has been partnering winners for more than 25 years . |
| 14 | Hewlett-Packard Co has been holding talks with Steve Jobs ' NeXT Inc about licensing the NeXTstep environment , according to a report last week in the New York Times . |
| 15 | Church & Co has been producing shoes in Northampton since 1873 and here is an excellent opportunity to see the many processes that make up the manufacture of men 's welted shoes . |
| 16 | One of the country 's top chefs has been sampling life at the bottom … testing school dinners . |
| 17 | In Europe , Dow Corning has a basic plant at Barry in South Wales to which ICI has been supplying methanol from Billingham since 1955 . |
| 18 | The former chairman of ICI has been offering advice to everyone from fruit sellers to factory owners . |
| 19 | The base has been training airmen for more than half a century . |
| 20 | Siobhan has been losing weight for two years . |
| 21 | For the past few weeks President Najibullah has been meeting militia commanders from around the country offering them more weapons and money to maintain their loyalty and keep the roads open . |
| 22 | Oil production from Gabon 's Obando field has been breaking records recently . |
| 23 | For 21 years , the Open University has been changing people 's lives . |
| 24 | Our Political Reporter Rae Stewart has been following events . |
| 25 | THE New Zealand Dairy Board has been touring Europe over the past two weeks pressing its case for continued access to the British dairy market . |
| 26 | For more than a century the Board has been providing qualifications for industry that are internationally recognised and this pedigree leaves it ideally positioned to contribute to the growing need for transportable workplace focused qualifications . |
| 27 | Now I hope that only Kelly has been doing things as desperately wrong as Kelly has been doing them . |
| 28 | There 's little doubt where Blackburn 's main threat will come from — and Blades keeper Alan Kelly has been studying videos of Alan Shearer 's goals in prep-aration . |
| 29 | Frances has been fostering animals at Freshfield Animal Rescue Centre near her home even longer than she 's been at Ashworth . |
| 30 | Prince Sihanouk has been issuing entreaties for a peaceful election from his Beijing residence . |