Example sentences of "[noun] been [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Hanslick and others " had indeed found it difficult to place Wagner 's achievements , and furthermore Wagner 's own explicit interpretation of his ideal had in recent years been shifting in an enigmatic way that impelled his articulate young admirer to offer his own clarification : here was one of those " aesthetic problems " which had been occupying his mind for some time . |
| 2 | The company in question — which can not be identified by order of the court — has this year been negotiating for a substantial loan . |
| 3 | Although the famous gallery owner is thinking of retiring and has for some time been searching for an institution to take on his private collection , the title of the event ‘ TransForm ’ is not a veiled reference to his forthcoming conversion from art dealer to museum collector . |
| 4 | Second , the fall in unemployment adds something to the theory that the economy has in fact been recovering for a good deal longer than generally realised . |
| 5 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |