Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to a recent Hollywood Reporter piece , the Runt is currently labelless but has been working on a project which has been hailed as the first interactive album . |
| 2 | Rigglesford said Hawkins seemed depressed and had been crying . |
| 3 | Once Celie finds out her sister was still alive and had been writing to her for all this time but she had not received any letters because Albert had intercepted the letters , she stopped writing to God . |
| 4 | Six patients are still alive and have been undergoing tratment for 5.5–24 months ( median 15 months ) . |
| 5 | Wood missed the tour through injury , but is now fully fit and has been working hard in the nets over the last three days . |
| 6 | Well Tony Primmer 's an Australian and has been riding at Eastbourne and we were looking at him prior to this erm sort of amalgamation that came in because erm with our friendship with Bob Dugard , and looking for younger riders , he was sort of earmarked to come here at some stage . |
| 7 | Woman A ( all interviewees are anonymous ) is married and has been having a long-term affair with her parish priest . |
| 8 | And on days when you feel altogether too slobby either to run or swim , you can weigh yourself , confident in the knowledge that because you have cut out all alcohol and fat and have been doing the running and swimming , your weight will have fallen . |
| 9 | ‘ The revenue importance of such taxes is small and has been decreasing . |
| 10 | There is no doubt that GP fund-holding has been proving successful and has been extending quite dramatically . |
| 11 | ‘ Since the late Sixties , ’ says Richard , ‘ the women have become more active and have been standing up for themselves , as is only right , but men have become more passive . |