Example sentences of "[noun sg] they have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mordecai had said that he usually approached the shop through the bazaar , and that was the side they had been watching . |
| 2 | They show the Deee-Lite dictionary they have been compiling — nearly 400 words that includes slang from around the world , Esperanto and Deee-Lite 's own language . |
| 3 | All the buying they 've been doing must be starting to hurt . |
| 4 | But er unfortunately those on the ground who have shown their skill at wrecking anything that does n't suit their purpose with the support of the Labour group , those on the ground will still be there and I do n't believe that er giving the director of education the executive powers is going to stop them continuing to take the sort of action they 've been taking . |
| 5 | No one was jumping for joy because they 'd finally got the piece they 'd been searching for for years . |
| 6 | Once again there was a flurry of bodies from the doorway they had been defending and another charge . |
| 7 | Maybe this was the break they had been waiting for . |
| 8 | Chris described to her in painstaking detail the story of the cartoon they 'd been watching . |
| 9 | Source C " The impression left on the minds of those who heard the speech , after the first sensations of surprise had passed , was that the whole thing had been arranged long before and that , while in the Cabinet and committee they had been making panic stricken efforts to balance the budget , the whole business had been a humbug and make-believe . " |
| 10 | And with Teddy Sheringham , back at the City ground for the first time since his move to Spurs , and Durie performing like statues , Forest quickly found the self-belief they have been lacking . |
| 11 | All over Spain , rebel officers put into action the plan they had been elaborating since December of the previous year . |
| 12 | Conference , if you think back to all those times that you have sat at home watching the news after a day 's work like I have , and listen carefully to what is being said , you may well have been horrified and saddened to hear the many stories appertaining to people who have had accidents or died due to the fact that the machine they have been driving has been too powerful . |
| 13 | While at Croydon SSD , Ambache had to support his director in a battle with a while couple who wanted to adopt a black child they had been fostering . |
| 14 | One moment they had been crossing a burning glade of shoulder-high grass in the full glare of the sun and the next they descended abruptly into a dark , silent , mysterious world where the air was cool and moist , the earth soft and spongy underfoot , and dazzling orchids blazed suddenly among the deep green undergrowth . |
| 15 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 16 | There was restrained optimism among Wickham 's team that this could be the lead they had been waiting for . |
| 17 | They had been crossing a scree ; there had been many loose stones , and footing was difficult , but surely at that point they had been traversing a gentler slope , and her employer had actually been standing on a flattish stretch of granite when she had fallen . |
| 18 | CLEARING up operations began yesterday after a group of travellers moved , under the threat of eviction , from a site they have been occupying in the centre of the Co . |
| 19 | Later that evening they had been sitting in a restaurant and Maggie had looked at Tom and said , her delicate face and long neck almost visibly aquiver with pleasure , |
| 20 | ‘ The C & D category societies ( the smallest ) have picked up a lot of savings business by offering high interest rates , but that money has to be lent out and the sort of mortgage business they have been picking up at the rates they charge looks very doubtful to me . |
| 21 | Over his shoulder he saw the looming shape of Arthur Dooley , the main singer of the group they 'd been listening to . |
| 22 | Lead miners in the northern Pennines were earning 10s ( 50p ) a week by 1797 and 11s 6d ( 57½p ) by 1815 , whereas before the war they had been earning 7s 6d ( 37½p ) ; a money-wage increase of around 50 per cent over the war years seems indicated , implying a real-wage fall of about 10 per cent . |
| 23 | In general , most people reckon that the cost of credit they have been using is more or less as they had planned . |
| 24 | The stuff they 've been giving me in the ward was like a milk soup . |
| 25 | I 've watched Howard Kendall 's side recently , and the stuff they have been serving up has been bordering on the pathetic compared to earlier performances this season . |
| 26 | FOR teenagers , Wayne 's World is just the video they have been waiting for . |
| 27 | For her parents Fran and Les , it was the day they had been waiting for . |
| 28 | It 's the chance they 've been waiting for . |
| 29 | They rightly deserve the publicity they 've been getting and the pats on the back . |
| 30 | ‘ All Friday night they 'd been showing Sheedy free kicks on the box . |