Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I did ask you about the outstanding bills and loans whereas if we 'd 've been doing the thing properly we 'd 've gone through that |
| 2 | After that great 1000-page bout with Gary Gilmore in 1979 , Mailer has been displaying the typewriter equivalent of punchdrunkness . |
| 3 | One of Britain 's most popular athletes has been sharing the secret of his success with a group of schoolchildren . |
| 4 | But since mid-September , Klensch has been sharing the spotlight in CNN 's new Style programme , co-hosted by Christie Brinkley . |
| 5 | The North Country Continental , latterly known simply as the boat train , has been connecting the north west with East Anglia for years . |
| 6 | Sedgefield Tory candidate Nick Jopling whose father Michael has long occupied a safe seat at Westminster has been telling the Diary the poignant story of the lowest point of his life . |
| 7 | Although it has been telling the world how successfully it has recovered , Unisys Corp made clear at the annual meeting last week just how parlous the company 's condition remains . |
| 8 | This gulf is shown most dramatically in the surprise ending , which obliges us to re-evaluate our reading of the novel by revealing that the anonymous , timid and sensitive lad who has been narrating the story of his early life in the first person is none other than Jaguar , the aggressive bully we have seen ruling the roost in the school . |
| 9 | The government , in an effort to tighten the grip on Gen Aoun , dismissed Lebanon 's ambassador to the US , Mr Abdallah Bouhabib , who has been supporting the general 's policies for more than 15 months . |
| 10 | Mr Davidson , the Labour MP for Govan who was until recently Strathclyde 's education chairman , has been supporting the ballot tactic employed by parents of St Gerard 's , one of the three RC secondaries threatened with closure on the city 's south side . |
| 11 | Once again the Tufting Department at Lyle has been supporting the Strathcarron Hospice with continued generosity . |
| 12 | John de Menil conceived the idea of a catalogue raisonné of the artist 's work then and asked David Sylvester to be its editor ; the Foundation has been supporting the project ever since . |
| 13 | Mr Shahal , moreover , has been discussing the creation of a Palestinian police force for the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 14 | I mean , QP has been discussing the Accommodation Problem for the whole of my lifetime . |
| 15 | Throughout the winter and into the spring , the home-affairs committee of the House of Commons has been discussing the future of the levy . |
| 16 | If a pet cat has access to the garage where someone has been filling the car 's radiator system with antifreeze at the onset of winter , the animal may see a small puddle on the garage floor , where some has spilled . |
| 17 | Mr Berecz , on the other hand , has still not given up his seemingly futile struggle , and has been plaguing the congress with constant interruptions . |
| 18 | ( He has been addressing the problem rather more seriously since his wife succumbed after breakfast on her way down the gangplank . ) |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Has the minister indicated Madam Speaker , this is my point of order , whether or not he intends to come before the house to acknowledge the reality of the two tier system and to admit he has been misleading the house . |
| 21 | Dealers pointed the finger at Credit Lyonnais Laing , which has been chasing the stock for a fortnight and whose paper and packaging expert , Henry Poole , has spotted the company 's recovery potential , advising clients to get in quick . |
| 22 | Hill Murray has been handling the product , which comprises three healthcare policies for the elderly , since it was launched last June to insurance brokers . |
| 23 | Fremont , California-based Opus Systems Inc , which has been undergoing the trauma of prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings — a sort of jail sojourn where the keys are left in the door — has announced the SparCard 2+ , its next generation Unix single board computer for plugging into personal computers , offering 25% performance improvement over its predecessor , the SparCard 2 . |
| 24 | DG-11 , the EC 's Environment Directorate , has been monitoring the development of a number of schemes by cities such as Amsterdam and Strasbourg to curb city centre driving . |
| 25 | Chris Stanley , NACRO 's policy development officer , has been monitoring the Act 's impact on SSDs and is anxious to play down some of the recent media hype . |
| 26 | MAFF , which has been monitoring the mercury levels of UK residents , has identified those most at risk as fishing communities living near water where the mercury content of fish is above average . |
| 27 | Albert Setzer of the INPE , the Brazilian space-research centre , who has been monitoring the forest fires for several years , says the fires cause a concentration of potentially-dangerous particles many times higher than the levels recommended by the World Health Organisation . |
| 28 | The company has been touring the play around Gloucestershire encouraging their evening audiences to give their reaction right after each performance . |
| 29 | Swindon MP Simon Coombs has been touring the town 's Freshbrook estate . |
| 30 | Mr Christian Slater , the Hollywood matinée idol ( see right ) , has been considering the subject of romance . |