Example sentences of "and have been [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saddam Hussein disagrees with what the Kurds would like and has been trying to eradicate them from Iraq by killing them with his powerful army . |
| 2 | His death comes amid a widening split in the party between his loyalists and supporters of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif , who leads a coalition government led by the PML and has been trying to take over the party leadership . |
| 3 | China is North Korea 's closest ally and has been trying to defuse recent tensions . |
| 4 | It 's got nothing to do with the fact that he got bent out of shape at an early age and has been shaping laughs out of the kinks ever since . |
| 5 | Mr Fitzwater reiterated President Bush 's denial earlier in the day that the United States , which has indicted General Noriega on drug trafficking charges and has been seeking to oust him for nearly two years , had initiated the revolt . |
| 6 | The court heard he 'd spent the day hunting and had been drinking to keep up his body warmth . |
| 7 | He had drunk three glasses of home-made wine and had been trying to watch a film on television , but was unable to get interested in it . |
| 8 | ‘ And then Crom Croich eats the hearts , ’ said the soldier , and Cathbad , who had been very busy all afternoon supervising the skinning and jointing of an ox and had been planning to serve braised ox heart for tomorrow 's midday meal , turned quite green and tried to remember if they had any salted pig left . |
| 9 | Gen Morillon had arrived late on Thursday to try to negotiate safe passage for the trapped British-led convoy and had been planning to leave yesterday when his party of about 15 was blocked in . |
| 10 | Mrs Frizzell had been feeling that victory in this verbal exchange was hers and had been preparing to leave the garden . |