Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commission has been collecting evidence about the torture and ‘ disappearance ’ of the military regime 's political opponents , from victims and their families and from the armed forces . |
| 2 | She was joined by Betsy M. Bryan , Alexander Badawy Assistant Professor of Egyptian Art and Archaeology at The Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , who since 1984 has been collecting material on the position of women in New Kingdom society . |
| 3 | ‘ Timothy , four , has been learning cello for a few months and loves it . ’ |
| 4 | For the past three years Brenda has been learning German at the Open Learning Centre on site and she puts it to good use on frequent trips abroad . |
| 5 | Last November , Zimbabwe ordered rice from North Korea because drought had disrupted the usual source of supply in Malawi , while Mozambique has been receiving aid in the form of rice from Japan . |
| 6 | The item that makes everyone tick at PE also lies within the former gunnery hall , but it has been receiving attention since its arrival — within the hold of a Safair L–100 Hercules . |
| 7 | OSF HAS BEEN SUBMITTING MOTIF TO X/OPEN REGULARLY |
| 8 | Where Cooper has been taking instruction on board , Waters has been tossing it aside . |
| 9 | Britain has been taking part in a limited relief programme using a Hercules from RAF Lyneham to fly supplies from Zagreb to Sarajevo , Bosnia 's capital . |
| 10 | ‘ Spencer has been taking money from customers and only entering a part of the amounts in the books . |
| 11 | A MAN posing as a worker for the charity War on Want has been taking money from unsuspecting people in the Balmoral area . |
| 12 | In one sense this kind of thing has been taking place for centuries . |
| 13 | The document ignores the debate on curriculum which has been taking place for 20 years . |
| 14 | Such a process has been taking place for a long time . |
| 15 | Planning has been taking place on this restructure for some months now with close liaison between RAFM and the Aircraft Salvage and Transportation Flight at Abingdon , who will be responsible for all of the dismantling and moving of the airframes . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , as this report proves , a whole panoply of activity has been taking place on behalf of the membership and it is to the credit of our staff that we ended such a difficult year with a small surplus when other professional institutes regrettably hard large deficits . |
| 17 | The ancient custom of swan-upping has been taking place on the River Thames . |
| 18 | Whilst all the furore has been taking place about the quality , or otherwise , of desktop publishing many professional graphics , printing and publishing houses have been making up their own minds as to its usefulness . |
| 19 | Some of the bitterest fighting during the last nine months has been taking place between these two factions in and around Mogadishu , particularly since November 1991 , with neither yet gaining control . |
| 20 | These cold statistics do not show one important trend that has been taking place since 1945 . |
| 21 | A QUIET revolt has been taking place in courtrooms across America . |
| 22 | Quite clearly , while I 'm not prepared to put a a figure on the contribution that conversions are going to make to the period to two thousand and six , I 'll be most surprised if it was a long way different from what has been taking place in the past . |
| 23 | Much of the cutting has been taking place in May , during the nesting season , to prepare fields for planting in the autumn . |
| 24 | One of the oldest races has been taking place in the village of Olney since ( 1445 ) fourteen forty five . |
| 25 | As part of the five-hundredth anniversary celebrations of the consecration of the Frari church in Venice , the Sovrintendenza ( the state administration of ancient monuments and works of art ) has been taking stock of the restoration projects carried out in the Basilica over the last twenty years . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | My 1979 two and a quarter diesel has been leaking oil from around the fuel pump and I had put this down to a leaky gasket . |
| 28 | Peskin has been buying property at rock-bottom prices ahead of recovery . |
| 29 | The House of Lords EC sub committee on the environment has been hearing evidence on the implementation and enforcement of Community environmental legislation from MEPs and the UK Department of the Environment ( DoE ) . |
| 30 | Eighteen year old Sandra Griffiths , a kennel maid , has been undergoing surgery in Milton Keynes General Hospital . |