Example sentences of "and have been [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Master Gates , he came home a war hero and has been enjoying the fruits of his fame ever since . ’ |
| 2 | The Neon Tetra ( Paracheirodon innesi ) is one of the most popular aquarium fish and has been topping the charts since the 1930s . |
| 3 | Mr Berecz , on the other hand , has still not given up his seemingly futile struggle , and has been plaguing the congress with constant interruptions . |
| 4 | It has begun shipping what it claims is the first software engineering tool designed to regenerate AS/400 applications to run on Unix-based workstations quickly and easily , and has been demonstrating the AS/SET WDK-U product in Anaheim , California at the semiannual conference of Common , the IBM mid-range users group . |
| 5 | Mrs Fellows , admitted for an operation on her varicose veins , is adequately hydrated and has been following the dietary advice she was given in the Outpatient Clinic and has managed to lose some weight . |
| 6 | The Patricof team met Hugh Neill , the chairman , in August and has been planning the bid since then . |
| 7 | Steve Ward , Branch Manager of West Hoathly has been managing the business since the acquisition and has been introducing the ‘ Rentokil way of doing things ’ into the new business . |
| 8 | One of the people he 's conning is Sir Epicure Manhom who wants a life of ease and luxury and has been giving the alchemist loads of money in order to tu to , to perfect this and funny enough the alchemist has n't managed , has n't managed to do this , to get the person 's money . |
| 9 | What made this worse was that we ( there were a few of us Leeds fans in my school ) we friends with a west brom fan , and had been taking the piss all year … had nt they recently gone up to div 1 ? |
| 10 | He had given up writing poetry and had been living the duplicitous life of a critic deciphering his own works , but when he fell in love with Howard 's wife Elizabeth his former self was reawakened and he ceased to believe in his own existence . |
| 11 | His work on Sanday was to be taken up by a teacher who already lived there , and had been doing the job before Mr M was sent there . |
| 12 | He was a bulky man and had been walking the streets and the sweat was running off him . |
| 13 | Over recent months , the Japanese and Us teams have been increasing the intensity of the forces they apply to building and model , and have been comparing the results . |
| 14 | The fact we have got a good track record and have been serving the pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals industries for some time means we can get work but we have to cut our margins . |
| 15 | And on days when you feel altogether too slobby either to run or swim , you can weigh yourself , confident in the knowledge that because you have cut out all alcohol and fat and have been doing the running and swimming , your weight will have fallen . |