Example sentences of "and have been [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man behind the take-over bid is understood to be a key figure in the Jersey tourist industry and has been trying unsuccessfully for years to get a Channel Island summer soccer tournament off the ground . |
| 2 | Towards the end of 1986 an AEC was launched and has been running ever since . |
| 3 | Montague ran , and has been running ever since . |
| 4 | Mark ‘ Zippy ’ Pretty has finally got over his mid-life crisis by red-pointing Mecca at Raven Tor , and has been celebrating continuously for the last six weeks . |
| 5 | The Headland Technology unit , which manufactures personal computer building block chip sets and has been suffering badly of late , will be reabsorbed into the parent company . |
| 6 | Microsoft wants Sun to pay a licence for WABI , specifically $50 a copy , and has been saying so to Sun since at least December . |
| 7 | Microsoft wants Sun to pay a licence for WABI , specifically $50 a copy , and has been saying so to Sun since at least December . |
| 8 | ‘ He has come on nicely since the Hennessy and has been working well but he could do with a run this week , ’ he added . |
| 9 | Wood missed the tour through injury , but is now fully fit and has been working hard in the nets over the last three days . |
| 10 | The newly-appointed C E O , Gary who took over at the end of the year when Gill retired has been very involved in these restructuring efforts and has been working very effectively and is on top of the situation , and although three swallows may not make a summer , I can at least tell you that Camco has traded profitably in each of the first three months of nineteen ninety three and now I 'd like to hand you over to Frank , who will talk about the rest of our business . |
| 11 | The first course began in 1978 and has been recruiting satisfactorily ever since on an annual basis . |
| 12 | There is no doubt that GP fund-holding has been proving successful and has been extending quite dramatically . |
| 13 | He has won four international rallies based on today 's RAC stages and has been rallying almost exclusively in Britain since 1975 . |
| 14 | Mrs Bootyman said Naomi had visited the weekend before her death on January 14 and had been acting differently . |
| 15 | Ramsay knew her by repute only and had been looking forward to seeing her in person . |
| 16 | The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied . |
| 17 | It was n't that long ago that John Hurt was drinking heavily , and had been doing so for years . |
| 18 | Bodie was making eyes at the girl , and had been doing so for most of the hearing . |
| 19 | They said yes , Andrus did come on Fridays and had been doing so for years . |
| 20 | By 1975 local expenditure represented over 20 per cent of GNP in Scandinavian countries and had been increasing substantially in other parts of Europe ( Newton 1980:8 — 9 ) . |
| 21 | Still half asleep he smiled indulgently , scenting a victory , since he had wanted to be generous all day and had been feeling mildly irritated with her for not giving him the opportunity . |
| 22 | Even though she had n't got to bed till the small hours , and had been feeling totally exhausted , she 'd been tossing and turning for what seemed like hours , utterly unable to sleep . |
| 23 | Only when they moved out and the lease was surrendered did Vaughan discover that he had been a victim of Minton 's generosity and had been paying only half his fair share . |
| 24 | We have been frequent visitors at Government House and have been staying also at their cottage , New Norfolk . |
| 25 | Our Government 's own advisers concur , and have been uttering increasingly urgent exhortations for change . |
| 26 | You 're sixty-one and have been looking forward to retirement . |
| 27 | He and Kenneth started conversing using no fewer than five-syllable words before he 'd even got out of the car , and have been rabbiting happily like two philatelists over a rare collection . |
| 28 | NEEDLE Gun and Boloardo have the credentials and have been working well enough this Spring to land a Kempton double today for the Clive Brittain-Michael Roberts combination ( writes our Newmarket correspondent ) . |
| 29 | Short-term assets account for around 5 per cent of total assets , and have been becoming more important in recent years . |
| 30 | I 'm 32 and have been climbing seriously for the last 18 years , which helped me get accepted . |