Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] has be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 2 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 3 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 4 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 5 | Stock Exchange surveillance computers pick up any unusual movement in share prices and the regulators follow up with visits to stockbrokers involved to discover who has been dealing . |
| 6 | The papers say there has been shooting in the centre of Tripoli far to the north . |
| 7 | However , Hakim ( 1982 ) re-analysed the data and found that ‘ the results … confirm the association between crime and unemployment , and suggest it has been increasing over time ’ ( p.453 ) . |
| 8 | It is only in cases of the most violent attacks that parents get to know what has been happening because , as the girls told me ‘ we do n't like to worry them about it . |
| 9 | Although all of us are deeply concerned to know precisely what happened in East Timor , will she bear it in mind that , since Indonesia took over East Timor a few years ago , there has been considerable development of the infrastructure in that country , and that , although no one condones that massacre , we must know what has been going on before we adopt the language that we heard from the Labour party ? |
| 10 | Leeds youth justice manager Anne Oliver , who is also chairperson of the Association of Youth Justice , says she has been getting mixed messages about the first seven months of the Criminal Justice Act . |
| 11 | ‘ These show who has been doing it . ’ |
| 12 | Significantly , it says there has been slowing down of sales of its Sparc server systems over the last few months , and expects its European turnover for the coming year to remain flat at $15m . |
| 13 | Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years . |
| 14 | Penang 's chief minister , Koh Tsu Koon , is so intent on his high-tech strategy that he says he has been turning away unsuitable investors . |
| 15 | Childrens World marketing communications controller John Forester says he has been talking to agencies with the knowledge of the incumbent GGT and insists there is no review of the Sears-owned business . |
| 16 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 17 | AMD says it has been working hard to improve the robustness of its chip designs . |
| 18 | UK Defence Research Agency 's Ten15 Architecture Neutral Distribution Format technology will also be incorporated : UI says it has been working closely with DRA for the last six months on proposals . |
| 19 | The company says it has been previewing the new X-stations for three weeks and has already taken orders for over 2,300 units . |
| 20 | The observer 's task is then to observe what goes on in a classroom and , every three seconds , to tick the category that best describes what has been happening during that period . |
| 21 | I rather suspect she has been imagining nameless orgies . ’ |
| 22 | I am told he has been preparing some appropriate acts . |
| 23 | Yes , I know everyone has been drinking Bulgarian Cabernet Sauvignon for ages , but Bulgaria has much more to offer , with original grape varieties such as Melnik , Gamza and Mavrud which are not grown elsewhere . |
| 24 | You say hello to her , you assume she has been reading your mail or listening in to your private telephone calls ( actually I never did either ) , and you tell her when you do not wish to be disturbed . |
| 25 | I spose he has been fading towards the end of matches , but then again — who has nt ? |
| 26 | Research begins on the materials needed for railway construction , with some children producing a broadsheet ( on computer ) reporting what has been happening in the town — which they " sell " in the next drama session . |
| 27 | After six years of marriage , however , Adrienne finds she has been strolling unwittingly through a psychological jungle . |
| 28 | He has only been a reserve for Wales all season , although I believe he has been playing very well for his club . |
| 29 | But when I put the phone down I find he has been standing in the doorway . |
| 30 | This chapter begins by examining what has been happening outside the United Kingdom . |