Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former building firm supervisor has been tending the 200 square meter allotment near his Newton home for the past eight years . |
| 2 | In addition to pressure for defence cuts , the Mitterrand administration has been wooing the two Green parties . |
| 3 | Consultants told the paper that IBM has been dissecting the two most recent pre-release versions of NT at its Toronto labs to assess the time and money that would be required to do the implementation , and reckon a product could arrive at the turn of the year . |
| 4 | Consultants told the paper that IBM has been dissecting the two most recent pre-release versions of NT at its Toronto labs to assess the time and money that would be required to do the implementation , and reckon a product could arrive at the turn of the year . |
| 5 | Diana , who had been expecting the two boys to join her at Althorp in Northamptonshire today , phoned them briefly yesterday morning . |
| 6 | I 've been analysing the two sessions ever since . |
| 7 | For some years now Fiji have been playing the sevens tournaments of the world and have been winning them all . |