Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But over the last twenty years a ‘ new long-stay ’ population has been accumulating on acute psychiatric wards . |
| 2 | It 's pretty obvious that Kurt Cobain has been running on reserve tanks for most of this Euro-jaunt . |
| 3 | Friends of the Earth Cymru has been campaigning on green issues in Wales for 10 years but relies on donations . |
| 4 | By 1600 hours the load on PTA Sir Geraint , Which has been going on all afternoon , is complete to the Chief Officer 's satisfaction . |
| 5 | And do you think , if this has been going on all the years it must have , he 's going to stop now ? |
| 6 | Incredible to think that it has been going on all these years … |
| 7 | The stake out has been going on all day . |
| 8 | I said I had no objections , but I would have to ask , you know , the committee if they had because she 's not a member as such , but obviously has been going on all the year . |
| 9 | This mass migration has been going on this country since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution , and continues today with the establishment of the new towns , the most recent of which is Milton Keynes , the focus of the study . |
| 10 | Dr Jenkins , from Leicester University , has been working on two compounds found in English yew and has recently been joined by Dr Nick Lawrence of Manchester University . |
| 11 | The start-up company has been working on four lines of development , all using its own proprietary 64-bit Sparc implementation and the VME bus . |
| 12 | I find myself alone with the steward who tells me has been working on this line for the past twenty-five years . |
| 13 | BGS has been working on this problem for many years , and this year enlarged the scope of its studies to include a site where such a solvent had been detected in a production borehole . |
| 14 | Following on from his recent installations , the Argentinean artist has been working on moveable objects consisting of a wooden surface , on which he draws in graphite or coloured pastels , and a superimposed sheet of lead some distance from the base . |
| 15 | ‘ Recently he has been working on American films and he was very keen to get back home and work with some of his old mates . |
| 16 | ‘ Matthew has been realizing on other assets to keep the business afloat . |
| 17 | The SDIO has been concentrating on limited ground-based systems . |
| 18 | What change in land use has been happening on this marginal fringe between farmscape and wildscape , as shown on the map ? |
| 19 | She 's been living on borrowed time for a long while . |
| 20 | It 's incredible to think that it 's been going on all these years ! |
| 21 | He 's been going on all day old boy . |
| 22 | According to what we 've been able to piece together using what may be dated information , it 's been working on four lines of development , all using the company 's proprietary 64-bit Sparc implementation and the VME bus . |
| 23 | Mm , somebody 's been working on this though have n't they ? |
| 24 | So I mean she 's been waiting on that erm place down Junction Road but they , you know , we 've had nothing from . |