Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm how long has this shop been going for ? |
| 2 | How long has this man been living in the churchyard ? |
| 3 | The company in question — which can not be identified by order of the court — has this year been negotiating for a substantial loan . |
| 4 | Although the famous gallery owner is thinking of retiring and has for some time been searching for an institution to take on his private collection , the title of the event ‘ TransForm ’ is not a veiled reference to his forthcoming conversion from art dealer to museum collector . |
| 5 | By 1907 , the year that preceded the painting of the Baigneuse , Fauvism had already lost much of its original impetus , and Braque , like the other Fauves , had for some time been searching for some more solid basis for his art . |
| 6 | Because of pressure from many different lobbies , government has for some time been considering in what way to respond to it . |
| 7 | A possible intervention of the King 's Proctor to upset the divorce had for some time been lurking in the Government 's mind . |
| 8 | Has n't that campaign been going for |
| 9 | What had the good physician been doing at the Tower ? |
| 10 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |
| 11 | It is strange therefore that the signal box instruments revealed it as clear , the signal must have been at green , or had a heavy weight been lying across the signal wire ? |
| 12 | Doubts about Communist motives in Spain would have been submerged under the general enthusiasm for the Republic , had not doubts about Soviet Communism been growing at the same time . |
| 13 | Even this severe shaking , however , failed to cause alarm amongst the local people ; they had by that time been living with the eruption for many weeks , and it is remarkable just to what extent familiarity of even something as exceptional as a volcanic eruption can breed contempt . |