Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] be [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	NOTE Urine that has been standing some of the night is not a true specimen for testing .
2	The fine drizzle that has been falling all afternoon has not been enough to stop the match between Scotland and Ireland , but enough to keep the crowds away .
3	My next call was to the company that had been holding some of my things in storage , just to warn them that I was coming round .
4	‘ It 's Dieter 's section that 's been handling this , so I 'll let him fill in the background . ’
5	‘ While you 've been sitting on your intellectual arses alternately pitying yourselves and the so-called workers , it 's my hard work , my money that 's been keeping this country — ’ Stalking off indoors ; the door shuts .
6	The Government needs to find extra money from somewhere and has been considering all sorts of options .
7	One big star , Billy Ray Cyrus , was invented by the marketing men last year and has been playing more or less bubblegum pop .
8	Regularly , at least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London .
9	Regularly , a least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London .
10	Because the women he raped and assaulted were trusting enough to accept one glass of wine from him ?
11	He had not been eating properly and had been drinking more than usual .
12	My boyfriend and I are both 24 and have been seeing each other for three years .
13	It looks a bit chilly , and a team of balloonists have been feeling rather chilly today and have been spending most of the day in a fridge .

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