Example sentences of "[noun sg] and have [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the people he 's conning is Sir Epicure Manhom who wants a life of ease and luxury and has been giving the alchemist loads of money in order to tu to , to perfect this and funny enough the alchemist has n't managed , has n't managed to do this , to get the person 's money . |
| 2 | Tim , from Great Sankey , was a dedicated fan of the club and had been shopping for an Everton strip on the day of the Bridge Street bombing . |
| 3 | Tony Quinn is an expert in holistic therapy and has been studying and working in the field for years . |
| 4 | The man behind the take-over bid is understood to be a key figure in the Jersey tourist industry and has been trying unsuccessfully for years to get a Channel Island summer soccer tournament off the ground . |
| 5 | Latterly he had been involved in eel fishing and had been seeking a place to keep his eels alive and fresh . |
| 6 | After her husband 's departure , Margaret had been feeling very miserable and frustrated , was having difficulty concentrating at work and had been avoiding her usual social contacts . |
| 7 | She 'd moved over by the window and had been reaching for a chair , but now she stopped . |
| 8 | Nor does it rely principally on my experience in classrooms , though I have been , briefly , a secondary schoolteacher and have been visiting schools and working with young people in a variety of ways on and off for the last sixteen years . |
| 9 | As for Master Gates , he came home a war hero and has been enjoying the fruits of his fame ever since . ’ |
| 10 | Mr Walden has spoken to farmers in his constituency about the issue and has been explaining what he 'll be telling Mr Gummer . |
| 11 | The court heard he 'd spent the day hunting and had been drinking to keep up his body warmth . |
| 12 | He had given up writing poetry and had been living the duplicitous life of a critic deciphering his own works , but when he fell in love with Howard 's wife Elizabeth his former self was reawakened and he ceased to believe in his own existence . |
| 13 | Direct Line Insurance is Britain 's largest direct insurer and had been running at 100,000 new policies or thereabouts for three years . |
| 14 | ‘ And then Crom Croich eats the hearts , ’ said the soldier , and Cathbad , who had been very busy all afternoon supervising the skinning and jointing of an ox and had been planning to serve braised ox heart for tomorrow 's midday meal , turned quite green and tried to remember if they had any salted pig left . |
| 15 | Another fake defector operating at the same time was Top Hat ( whose real name remains unknown ) , who also planted a lot of false information on the West through the Americans but did in 1965 expose the spy Frank Bossard , who worked in the Missile Guidance Branch at the Air Ministry and had been selling secrets to the GRU for some while . |
| 16 | They are part of a BMS Action Team and have been working for six months of mission in France . |
| 17 | The fact we have got a good track record and have been serving the pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals industries for some time means we can get work but we have to cut our margins . |
| 18 | Zimbabwe supports controlled culling of its large elephant population and has been looking for legal ways to cover the costs . |
| 19 | In brief , the four regions of the South have been absorbing all the ( admittedly rather limited ) national increase in population and have been pulling in people from the rest of Britain . |
| 20 | The Labour party cloaks under expressions such as ’ attack on civil rights ’ the fact that such people have not registered for the tax and have been indulging in tax avoidance , a practice for which the Labour party still shows some sympathy . |
| 21 | Only when they moved out and the lease was surrendered did Vaughan discover that he had been a victim of Minton 's generosity and had been paying only half his fair share . |
| 22 | He had drunk three glasses of home-made wine and had been trying to watch a film on television , but was unable to get interested in it . |
| 23 | Still half asleep he smiled indulgently , scenting a victory , since he had wanted to be generous all day and had been feeling mildly irritated with her for not giving him the opportunity . |
| 24 | Still behind her , Luke had bent his head and had been murmuring his taunts close to one ear , while the strong arms he had bound about her waist were tightening securely , making her captivity a torment . |
| 25 | Gen Morillon had arrived late on Thursday to try to negotiate safe passage for the trapped British-led convoy and had been planning to leave yesterday when his party of about 15 was blocked in . |
| 26 | She had guessed that the reason was something to do with Jennifer for she had known that her sister had n't been well for some while and had been undergoing tests since experiencing stabbing pain in her right eye and numbness in her legs . |
| 27 | He mumbled that he was still in a state of shock and had been walking around in a dream all day . |
| 28 | Instantly we fell in love with the area and have been returning regularly ever since . |
| 29 | She 'd moved over into the makeup chair and had been studying her own face in the mirror . |
| 30 | Miaco were a well-known operator of DC-3s and other types out of the Island and had been overhauling radial piston engines as another facet of their business for over twenty years . |