Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conscious that security may prove to be a major concern for users , NCR has been pushing the system 's in-built security features : it says that three levels are provided . |
| 2 | SIR Edward du Cann has been walking a financial tightrope for so long that the only surprise is that it has taken him so long finally to fall off . |
| 3 | Tam Dalyell has been reading the second Brandt report |
| 4 | RYA keelboat coach Bill Egerton has been advising the team , along with Bryan Fishback of Farr International and North Sails ' Neil Mackley . |
| 5 | ‘ Baker has been carrying a strained abdomen for some time . |
| 6 | Hill Murray has been handling the product , which comprises three healthcare policies for the elderly , since it was launched last June to insurance brokers . |
| 7 | Britain 's Vivienne Westwood has been taking the historical fantasy tablets for some time . |
| 8 | Maclaren has been watching the story unfold . |
| 9 | Dennis has been watching the action . |
| 10 | With hindsight , one can see how Mr Gorbachev has been preparing the ground for this week 's changes . |
| 11 | Steve Ward , Branch Manager of West Hoathly has been managing the business since the acquisition and has been introducing the ‘ Rentokil way of doing things ’ into the new business . |
| 12 | SINBAD has been cleaning the windows in Channel 4 's Brookside since 1984 , although he has only been on a regular contract for the last two years . |
| 13 | Lucy has been attending the nursery unit at Vaughan first school in Harrow , North London , for a year . |
| 14 | It is in these past two weeks that Faldo has been putting the last pieces into place . |
| 15 | The Swindon Town manager Glenn Hoddle has been meeting the club 's directors amid rumours that he 's about to move to Chelsea . |
| 16 | Crosby has been preparing the Roker side for an FA Cup semi-final against Norwich City at Hillsbrough this Sunday with the official title of first team coach . |
| 17 | Milton Keynes has been running a befriender scheme where persistent offenders are looked after and advised by adults … it was working … but yesterday closed because of a shortage of cash … |
| 18 | ‘ Between now and meeting Fergie and Andy , Johnny has been playing a double game . |
| 19 | After that great 1000-page bout with Gary Gilmore in 1979 , Mailer has been displaying the typewriter equivalent of punchdrunkness . |
| 20 | For some time Rex has been conducting a correspondence with one of the brewers entirely in verse . |
| 21 | Von Stein had been checking the wall clock in the laboratory then looking back at his notes for some time . |
| 22 | Mr Justice Otton was told they regretted helping to give currency to the allegation that John Major and Miss Latimer had been conducting an adulterous relationship . |
| 23 | Britta had been watching the other woman — the one the Doctor called Benny — when the screens had come on . |
| 24 | Lucy had been reading The Saint from her father 's shelves when all of the other girls had their noses in Black Beauty . |
| 25 | John Rodwell , a specialist inspector from the Health and Safety Executive , said it appeared Mr Eaton had been using the burning torch to cut at the edge of the slot at one end of the pipe trying to open it and hot gases could have caused it to become dislodged and fall . |
| 26 | Ann had been taking an antidepressant for 6 months without much benefit . |
| 27 | Perhaps she 'd heard on the college grapevine that Barney had been getting an undue amount of visits from the police and was rejoicing that the heat was off her beloved Rodney . |
| 28 | Mr Hirst added that Hilton had been discussing the possibility of moving into India and had already evaluated properties in Delhi and Bombay with the aim of a management contract with a small amount of equity . |
| 29 | Reuben Boll had been taking the last part of his annual leave . |
| 30 | George and Tony Sabin have been keeping the streets of Stow-on-the-Wold in the Cotswolds clean for the past three years . |