Example sentences of "[pers pn] has [been] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose the appeal to me has been making things happen and changing things and feeling quite British about it and proud of what in my very small way I have been able to do in this country and being able to export that abroad and make it a success there . |
| 2 | For the past ten years she has been teaching part time at Roedean and between 1987–9 she completed a part time M.A. at Sussex University in Northern Renaissance Studies . |
| 3 | ‘ She has been taking medication but we do n't know yet whether that had anything to do with it . |
| 4 | ‘ She has been seeing James recently but she still loves Marco , ’ said Mrs Butcher . |
| 5 | Nicola , dressed in jeans and a white polo-neck sweater , left Blackpool 's Victoria Hospital where she has been undergoing tests this morning to be driven by an ambulance car with her parents to North Staffordshire Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent . |
| 6 | She has been sculpting flowers , birds and animals for about 12 years . |
| 7 | One might almost think , says Robert — our Robert , must I call him ? — that she has been directing affairs herself ! |
| 8 | He has been telling golfing cronies in Ireland that the Beeb are reduced to such drastic economies because they are coughing up £10 million a year on Eldorado . |
| 9 | For the past three years he has been building LDP 's contract business in the South of England . |
| 10 | Aged 52 , he has been watching badgers ‘ man and boy ’ and has never tired of their antics , especially the young at play with fox cubs . |
| 11 | ( If her son enters when he is a few years older , he will surely be unique in being able to say he has been taking part since before he was born . ) |
| 12 | Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book . |
| 13 | He has been taking photographs for ten years and divides his time between Paris and New York , where he was born . |
| 14 | Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book . |
| 15 | He has been taking medication and it is believed he may have been able to hide some of the drug . |
| 16 | Equally , he has been monitoring petitions organised by various bodies and puts the signature level at above the 100,000 mark . |
| 17 | His new Food and Beverage Manager appears to accept the idea as theoretically desirable , but gives it a low priority in practice : privately , he has been urging Winter to ‘ crack the whip a bit ’ , arguing that the whole establishment needs ‘ a good shake up ’ before reforms can be introduced effectively . |
| 18 | Ever the great ambassador , he has been touring children 's hospitals to deliver Christmas presents this week — although Fash has no intention of extending his charity to Palace today or Chelsea on Bank Holiday Monday . |
| 19 | Maurice Adams , General Manager of ACET , has recently returned form Uganda where he has been discussing planning for future projects with ACET 's African Director , Anthony Kasozi . |
| 20 | For years , he has been producing images of himself in different guises : from ancient Roman busts to self-portraits done in the styles of famous artists . |
| 21 | For the last two months he has been attending Queen 's Park with his wife Christine and three children . ) |
| 22 | This will equally enable the Policyholder to replace the engine with one of similar type , capacity , age and size to the one lost — and therefore we will have provided him with indemnity under the Policy notwithstanding the fact that he has been paying premium on the value insured . |
| 23 | Senna admitted yesterday after his third win that he has been having talks with Williams . |
| 24 | Coach Intikhab Alam said : ‘ He has been having rest and regular medication and he is most likely to play . ’ |
| 25 | He has been having rehabilitation sessions at Lilleshall , attempting to strengthen the joint , and says : ‘ The whole thing is very frustrating but I have to be philosophical about it . |
| 26 | With his new mechanic , Stuart Hare , he has been working day and night for the last three weeks to get three bikes in tip-top condition . |
| 27 | An Irish internationalist at boys and youths level , he has been playing golf for five years . |
| 28 | He has been injecting heroin since he was 16 years old . |
| 29 | In the course of Abimelech 's questioning of Abraham it emerges that he has been claiming Sarah is his sister at every place they have been ! |
| 30 | He has been doing weight work at home . |