Example sentences of "[noun] have been [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 31 | But what is more surprising is not that mechanised transport has had its fair share of false starts but that since the oil crisis many planners have been looking at abandoned forms of transport . |
| 32 | Toy soldier enthusiasts have been gathering at an auction to try and pick up some bargains . |
| 33 | Watkins says Bill Joy 's Sun Labs team has been looking at micro-kernel technologies under the auspices of Spring , Sun 's blue-sky , rolling research effort . |
| 34 | Out of sheer perversity , the thinking human seems impelled to say something contrary to whatever received opinion has been yelling at him . |
| 35 | Ron Coatman has been working at the pool for 26 years . |
| 36 | The number of people who die from the habit is increasing every year , and a special conference has been looking at ways of tackling the problem . |
| 37 | More importantly , any disclosures made in relation to this warranty will highlight fairly accurately whether the Business has been trading at a loss since the Balance Sheet Date — which if true might seriously affect the Purchaser 's willingness to buy the Business . |
| 38 | In the 1980s , aggregate Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) has been roughly static , and per capita GDP has been falling at a time when net aid flows have been rising . |
| 39 | Breeze had been gazing at the lights for so long that she was quite dazzled . |
| 40 | I tried to look pleased when she told me that Prentice had been ringing at half-hourly intervals since mid-afternoon and had left a multiple-choice list of numbers where I could get him that evening . |
| 41 | Graham and Miss Gibson had been living at his house on the Riddings Estate in Scunthorpe but split up after a row on Monday night . |
| 42 | As soon as Fiver had found a place to clamber out , he led the way along the edge to the bank which Hazel had been looking at before Hawkbit spoke to him . |
| 43 | The group had been drinking at a nearby pub in Uckington , Glos . |
| 44 | Graham and Venables have been sniping at refereeing but have been unable to declare publicly their full outrage for fear of FA disrepute charges . |
| 45 | Hundreds of retired railway workers have been protesting at what they claim is a government plan to raid their pension funds . |
| 46 | Rail fares have been rising at around 1 ½ per cent over inflation in recent years and the new corporate plan also warns that BR has 12 months to assess whether passengers would pay even more for a better service . |
| 47 | Mina and Kāli are taking their offering for the festival to the house where the dhāmis have been dancing at night . |
| 48 | Rabbit has been trading at a loss — last year , net losses amounted to $2.6m , down from $3.3m losses in the previous year , on revenues down 20% at just under $7m ; for the first quarter of this year , losses were reduced to $248,000 , from $800,000 , on sales down 13% at $1.6m . |
| 49 | My wife has been looking at some furniture catalogues and tells me we would need about £1000 per chair . |
| 50 | All this time his friend has been tugging at my shoulder . |
| 51 | Mail order houses ' share of total consumer spending on such goods has been increasing at such a rate that , within two or three years , it is likely to be double its 1970 level . |
| 52 | ‘ Not only has Drayton Asia 's investment performance been disappointing , its share price has been trading at a discount to net asset value ranging from 26.8 per cent to 9.7 per cent during the year to 10 February . |
| 53 | As she had come round the corner of the house from putting her bicycle in the old stable block , Inspector Blakelock had been standing at the front door almost as if he were waiting for her . |
| 54 | Borough councillors heard yesterday that 1992 is Car Crime Prevention Year and officers had been looking at ways of getting the message across . |
| 55 | Daniel had been officiating at a funeral . |
| 56 | Dai told the story of how one of the visitors , a wealthy industrialist , came into his well stocked shop to use the phone and find out how things had been going at work during his absence . |
| 57 | Case law changes have been coming at frequent intervals , particularly those affecting liability for disclosing defects in house construction . |
| 58 | And what would an ordinary person have been earning at Helliwells ? |
| 59 | For over 2 months now , 1,200 tons of apples a day have been arriving at the Bulmers Cider factory in Hereford . |
| 60 | ‘ I 'm sorry I 'm late , sir , ’ he said , ‘ but terrible things have been happening at the dairy . |