Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even more bizarre , she has been reciting the works of a French philosopher throughout the operation while a black stripper dances in the background . |
| 2 | Since the 1960's Williams has been exploring the dynamics of contemporary and classical music , achieving enormous success with ‘ Sky ’ and ‘ J W and Friends ’ . |
| 3 | Henry , who comes from Litherland and is secretary of Repcon Strand A.C. , has been catching the bream on single yellow maggots and the tench on caster . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , at the Boston University School of Medicine , Gladys Friedler has been studying the offspring from the pairing of healthy female mice with male mice that have been briefly exposed to chemicals about a week before mating . |
| 5 | It does involve some careful circuit-building but anyone who has been following the series and has managed up to now will be able to build this system successfully . |
| 6 | For generations prior to this calamity the custodians and promoters of Yahweh — that is , the now canonized Prophets of Israel — had been warning the people that if they did not abandon their syncretistic ways , the wrath of the one true God would descend upon them . |
| 7 | And so Jesus had been teaching the people . |
| 8 | It appeared that the officer had been admiring the fish swimming about in the water of the Orne when a Royal Marine Commando asked him if he would like some for his supper . |
| 9 | US intelligence reports of ‘ northern redoubts ’ where Cuban advisers have been training the militia and storing arms and ammunition could also mean a far longer military operation than the Pentagon had originally envisaged . |
| 10 | If you have been following the series , the starred items will already be part of your components kit so check before ordering . |
| 11 | For 11 years I have been investigating the flora and fauna of this 700 sq.m site . |