Example sentences of "[verb] they have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only when you stop scanning the horizon for monumental shapes that you realise they have been looming unnoticed in the foreground all along . |
| 2 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 3 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 4 | ‘ They all live in the Sydenham , Inverary Park , Holywood Road , and Garnerville area and say they have been feeling very unwell . |
| 5 | For those who love Churchill partly because of his warts and feel they have been waiting too long to hear the case for the prosecution put eloquently and with impeccable soundness , ‘ it is a delight ’ . ’ |
| 6 | This may mean they have been going together for as little time as a few weeks , and a relationship of more than a month or two may be regarded as serious . |
| 7 | Time flows strangely and travellers become lost for years although they think they have been walking only hours . |