Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently the coal measure type of cycle has been very plausibly explained in terms of climatically controlled ice-sheet surges , and we can very soon get lost in a multitude of explanations of the phenomena I have been discussing in this book . |
| 2 | One always seems to come back to climate as the primary explanation of the sort of phenomena I have been discussing , but for the ultimate control , sooner or later , we must face the possibility of an extra-terrestrial cause , though in most geological circles one seems to be expected to blush when doing so . |
| 3 | ‘ For the last four summers I had been working at Appel Farm Arts and Music Centre in New Jersey as head of music , ’ Ken explained . |
| 4 | ‘ It was just that a couple of times I 'd been looking out , or I 'd just glance up as I passed , and , well , I 'd seen her there . |
| 5 | Erm , yeah she is , but she 's doing , you know these calls I 've been receiving . |
| 6 | Not thousands , just four of them , each with two of these legs I 've been telling you about . |
| 7 | Just just as a matter of interest , Graham , I was looking at the er , the rates yesterday , cos I 've been paying my mortgage over ten ye , over the last eleven years , and erm , bearing in mind the premiums I 've been paying before my endowments would have been er , er , you 'd expect to be more recent , because I was er , young |
| 8 | I had n't planned that and what funds I had were coming here to the States . |
| 9 | ‘ For nearly two months I 've been counting the days until I would see you again . |
| 10 | For the past three months I 've been trying to buy some SIMMS for my Mesh 386SX . |
| 11 | Over the last few months I 've been looking at the different types of files you 'll find on a PC — here 's a quick recap to refresh your memory . |
| 12 | However , over the months I have been looking I have become increasing frustrated over the issue of VAT . |
| 13 | ‘ Many months I have been saving , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Over the last few months I have been working my way through the variation switches . |
| 15 | OVER the summer months I have been attending a class to learn Irish sign language and it has given me a new understanding of what hearing people must feel when learning to talk to deaf people . |
| 16 | The images I 've been doing over the past few years are like great sculptures , the weather has been getting to them and they are crumbling , their faces have cracks in them . |
| 17 | The images I 've been doing over the past few years are like great sculptures , the weather has been getting to them and they are crumbling , their faces have cracks in them . |
| 18 | Same goes for about half the words I 've been learning from that little minx . |
| 19 | I mean , at last I will be able to try out all the French words I have been learning . |
| 20 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 21 | Diana vented all the grievances which had been welling up inside her for more than ten years . |
| 22 | In recent years the currencies which have been participating within the E.R.M. have been remarkably stable within the system and it appears that the E.R.M. members benefited from enhanced policy creditability in the eyes of the foreign exchange markets . |
| 23 | The ex-London United cars which had been working on the Croydon — Mitcham route were now transferred to the Sutton route , to work alongside the J type cars ( 1s-16s ) , four of which were withdrawn and sent to Brixton Hill . |
| 24 | I am glad that the hon. Gentleman acknowledges that the small corner shops which have been trading on Sundays — in many cases , outside the Shops Act 1950 — provide a useful service to some people in our communities . |
| 25 | The decision will create problems for Canada 's new pay-TV channels which have been sending signals via satellite to cable companies . |
| 26 | This process of refinement within and across studies will , it is argued , slowly build up our confidence that the indicators which work are measuring something , some phenomenon , that our concepts point to . |
| 27 | The committee also decided in future to pay the CAB quarterly grants in advance , rather than in arrears which has been causing some cash flow problems . |
| 28 | Some anomalies which had been arising as a result of the previous piecemeal evolution of means-tested benefit were eliminated . |
| 29 | ‘ How do you propose to raise the money when for the past months you 've been claiming that it just was n't possible ? ’ |
| 30 | The diehard Smiths fans who 've been turning their backs on Morrissey over the last couple of years would be wise to give this a spin and do jerky , twisty , dancing type things in their front room . ’ |