Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brintons company has been manufacturing the finest quality of woven carpets for over 200 years , and it is a private company which specializes in producing Axminster and Wilton carpets in which enters a high percentage of wool / . |
| 2 | The other is Sir Colin Cowdrey who , as president of the International Cricket Council , has been playing the deadest of bats lately . |
| 3 | He 'd been fearing the worst but , no , the boy undressed him , and there it was standing up proudly , machinery in full working order once again , ready for action . |
| 4 | She was very religious and may have been considering the best approaches to make . |
| 5 | Neil Ruddock 's goal midway through the first half lit the fuse … and when Steve McManaman exploded a right footer just before half-time every Town fan must have been fearing the worst … |
| 6 | Gloucestershire county councillors had been fearing the worst since February when they approved a budget almost ten million pounds more than the Government target . |
| 7 | I 've been leaving the worst to last . |
| 8 | Solid fuel is the heating fuel we have been using the longest . |
| 9 | Clearly , while an increasing proportion of the population have been buying their houses , working-class people have been buying the cheapest housing on the market . |
| 10 | So far you have been finding the highest number that can be divided into each example without leaving a remainder . |
| 11 | I have been driving the best of the best-selling model , the X2 1.5 hatchback , updated at the last Motor Show . |