Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [been] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Siobhan has been losing weight for two years . |
| 2 | But despite this and the fact that Brazil 's President Fernando Collor de Mello strongly supports the concept of the park opposition has been gathering force . |
| 3 | How can you tell when a motorcyclist has been having fun speeding on the motorway ? |
| 4 | For a week now the person — or thing — in that study has been crying night and day for some special chemical powders . |
| 5 | Since the publication of ‘ Education for Self-Reliance ’ , the process of transforming these goals into curriculum plans and curriculum practice has been taking place , somewhat languidly at first , but with increasing momentum . |
| 6 | A woman who tried to take over Swindon Town Football Club has been giving evidence against the former manager Lou Macari , who 's on trial for tax fraud . |
| 7 | ‘ He said he thought his mummy had been having car trouble because she had n't turned up . |
| 8 | Andrew Garthwaite had been playing pool with his attacker and thought at first it was a joke . |
| 9 | On Feb. 6 , with the agreement of the authorities in the Georgian autonomous republic of Abkhazia , government troops established control in Sukhumi , where rallies in support of the deposed President had been taking place daily . |
| 10 | Pensioners at the complex have been collecting money to help the town 's hospice appeal for the last two years . |
| 11 | During the winter months , behind the scenes restoration and conservation work has been taking place and there are new developments at many houses and gardens . |
| 12 | Of course the swell has been gathering force for a century or more , since Joseph Thompson first saw ‘ the most peculiar band of men to be found in Africa ‘ . |
| 13 | At the Bull & Gate , next door to the Town & Country Club in London 's Kentish Town , the management has been promoting pub rock in a back room with adjoining outer bar for almost as long as the form has existed . |
| 14 | As a counterpoint , Sun has been controlling headcount and spending , shaving 2% to 2.5% off G&A . |
| 15 | Sun has been finding management information system departments , traditionally a cost factor at corporate customer sites , getting more involved in decision-making in the department , a corporate profit centre where budgets are now flowing . |
| 16 | The promising Belfast youngster has been gaining experience on the international front among the Federation Cup aspirants in Nottingham . |
| 17 | Durham County Council has been erecting safety fencing on the bridge in preparation for the opening of the link on the Teesdale Way but work was not complete . |
| 18 | A QUIET revolt has been taking place in courtrooms across America . |
| 19 | Gradually , a new spirit of independence has been gaining hold . |
| 20 | Another fruitful configuration has been rotating Couette flow ( Section 17.5 ) . |
| 21 | For example , he may want to see whether the chief constable has been making use of civilian resources as well as he should , and he might be saying to the inspectorate of constabulary , ’ If you can demonstrate a better use of money and resources through civilianisation , that might have a bearing on the availability of uniformed police officers . ’ |
| 22 | Much of the cutting has been taking place in May , during the nesting season , to prepare fields for planting in the autumn . |
| 23 | Then , when I returned to the shrine — to Oak Lodge — I realized that the Keeton girl had been making contact with me . ’ |
| 24 | The motorist had been travelling Northbound on the M Six near the Walsall and Wolverhampton turnoff . |
| 25 | The entrails of the law have been choking press freedoms throughout the nineteen eighties . |
| 26 | The entrails of the law have been choking press freedoms throughout the nineteen eighties . |
| 27 | The Australian Cricket team has been causing mayhem again . |
| 28 | The town has been producing wool , cloth , and blankets since the 13th. century and much of its prosperity today is still founded on those industries . |
| 29 | But a bar owner said : ‘ Since this all began the town has been making money hand over fist . |
| 30 | United Nations negotiators fear the peace process may be derailed by the fighting , in which a Mujahideen group has been helping government units defend the base against rival Muslim rebels , according to guerrilla sources in Pakistan . |