Example sentences of "[noun] been [v-ing] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonks has for months been juggling the possibility of an All Black tour to South Africa next year — something close to his heart — but was aware that the continuing divisions between the rugby groups in the Republic made such a tour impossible . |
| 2 | The Open Spaces Society , which is by far our oldest environmental pressure body has for more than half a century been encouraging the continuance of the ancient practice of Beating the Bounds by parish and community councils and local groups . |
| 3 | And just how long had Janine been beating the child ? |
| 4 | The AHA had in fact been debating the issue of the future of the hospital for some years . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly the Germans would accept this , they had proposed it when the Commission had by turns been denying the existence of damage in West Germany and demanding proof based on a single pollutant ( rather than multiple stress ) . |