Example sentences of "[Wh adv] we [verb] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 so far , and then we go on that at least once a week when we 've been shopping
2 We thank you for those who have ministered your word to the church of St Leonard 's during the weeks when we have been meeting in the School for the Deaf ; so we thank you for John , Alan and Emily , for the readers and for those chaplains and ministers who worship with us .
3 The biggest problem and disappointment was that the international rig count continued downwards and that was where we had been hoping for increased sales and increased market share looking into this year and into the last part of last year .
4 Up by where we had been tipping the spoil was an area of hard-standing for a car , and some benevolent genius ( probably our builder friend ) had laid down sheets of open-weave chipboard over the soil , so the wheels would n't sink in .
5 The daft thing was they were probably going back to where we 'd been working .
6 An even longer contract is at Grampian TV in Aberdeen , where we have been operating 365 days a year , for the past 24 years .
7 That is one good reason why we have been supporting several non-governmental projects in the region and why we have made representations to presidents and other leaders about the state of children in those countries .
8 That is why we have been working to reduce inflation — with success ; to bring down interest rates — with success ; and to cut direct tax rates — with success .
9 That is why we have been pressing within the EC for full liberalisation of services .
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