Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] have [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , whereas filmmaking technique had been advancing in America , things had almost stood still in Britain . |
| 2 | Peer review has been having a hard time recently , while there is still widespread anger that the UGC 's devastating 1981 economies were resolved with little or no explanation of the philosophy behind them . |
| 3 | Hayes Machine Knitting Club has been running for quite a few years now and welcomes new members . |
| 4 | However , sources say IBM has been making Taligent 's life a misery lately , by insisting that Taligent use its Distributed System Object Model — a general purpose mechanism for communicating between objects based on the OS/2 2.0 Workplace Shell , also up on AIX . |
| 5 | However , sources say IBM has been making Taligent 's life a misery lately , by insisting that Taligent use its Distributed System Object Model — a general purpose mechanism for communicating between objects based upon the OS/2 2.0 workplace shell , also up on AIX ( UX No 423 ) . |
| 6 | Council officers in Sefton now plan a clamp-down after a survey in the borough found retailers have been flouting the law by selling tobacco to under 16s and failing to display the statutory notices . |
| 7 | Even as the thought had come Paige had been gathering up her purse and the car keys . |
| 8 | L. In the valleys of South Wales coal mines have been closing , iron and steel works have been closing , tinplate works have been closing . |
| 9 | Nurse Lewis had been chewing with her eyes shut . |
| 10 | Customs & Excise introduced the changes , which will be back-dated to 1 July , after it found hotels had been treating the supply of packed lunches to guests as zero-rated ( Caterer , 27 June–3 July ) . |
| 11 | Whilst all the furore has been taking place about the quality , or otherwise , of desktop publishing many professional graphics , printing and publishing houses have been making up their own minds as to its usefulness . |
| 12 | He says asthma has been becoming increasingly common for the last 20 years for reasons we do n't understand . |
| 13 | He says things have been getting more busy but it 's still not as busy as it was last year . |
| 14 | When his court-appointed attorney , Michael Deutsch , filed a discovery motion on 30 August for documents that might show Coleman had been acting under orders when he applied for the Thomas Leavy passport , the DEA , the DIA and the CIA all declined to comply on grounds of national security . |
| 15 | Crash investigators have been sifting the wreckage of the French Airbus in which eighty-seven people died . |
| 16 | This tiny car — it 's a foot shorter than a Mini — might be the breath of fresh air Europe 's choked and choking cities have been looking for . |
| 17 | I guessed Sister had been beating him up again . |
| 18 | She woke early on the morning of July 29 , 1981 which is not surprising as her room overlooked the Mall where the singing , chattering crowds had been gathering for days . |
| 19 | The practice of selling honours had been increasing under all governments and it was becoming more marked in both parties . |
| 20 | A well orchestrated campaign has been going on in the British press for the last two or three weeks , led by a PR firm engaged by the dealer Dr David Nasser Khalili himself , to persuade the British public that it would be a crying shame if there were not a Nasser Khalili museum in the centre of London . |
| 21 | SINCE the launch of the 1992 Walk For Life in September , T-shirt orders have been mounting up along with details of some inspired , some fascinating and some frankly madcap ideas for the project . |
| 22 | The court was told Tania had been living with another man , Robert Cross , for five months . |
| 23 | A National Grid spokesman yesterday confirmed negotiations had been going on with landowners but he said it was perfectly normal procedure . |
| 24 | For instance , dispersal patterns of the continents following the break-up of Pangaea show that the now separate continents have been moving away from Africa , which itself appears to have remained relatively stationary . |
| 25 | A case involving a company called Coloroll has been waiting for resolution by the European Court . |
| 26 | Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell . |
| 27 | Karen said : ‘ I know Rebecca had been feeling homesick , but she got a new job which was keeping her busy . |
| 28 | Welcome back : One of Britain 's best loved racehorses , Desert Orchid has been pulling in the crowds at the Three Counties Show . |
| 29 | In common with many bass amplification manufacturers , Trace Elliot have been trying over the last few years to build powerful , yet compact bass gear to ease the strain on the poor bass player 's back . |
| 30 | Europress Software have been producing educational software for many years with their best selling ‘ Fun School ’ series . |