Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nelson has been struggling to implement this grand vision ever since but , in the course of his work , he established the hypertext model as a means of getting around a huge database . |
| 2 | The Wissenschaftsrat has been trying to sort this one out , but the political factors seem to have prevented progress . |
| 3 | I talked to the boy who 'd been trying to help this Frome — trying to get him to vomit it up , and so on . |
| 4 | Poor had been trying to remove this panel in the control room when we appeared and was surrounded by contractors trying to get in to start redecoration . |
| 5 | While everyone else had been trying to solve this problem by heating … to millions of degrees , we had apparently stumbled on the solution involving low temperatures instead . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , if I do , I 've chosen a pretty safe place to do it in , I think , ’ she responded tenderly , exploring the commanding contours of his face with fingers that had been aching to do this for months . |
| 7 | Alice then , all clean and brushed , and in a nice blouse with the small pink flowers and the neat round collar , walked out of the house and went next door , to No. 45 , as though she had been planning to do this all day . |
| 8 | He had been hurrying to finish this latest copy before the meal ended , and seeing through the slit that his wife was heading out across the clearing with his two small sons to begin collecting the dishes , he put aside his pencil and hastily read over what he 'd written . |
| 9 | ‘ If you knew how much I 've been wanting to do this . ’ |
| 10 | I 've been wanting to say this for a long time . ’ |
| 11 | I 've been trying to vacuum this through all morning I have n't even done it |
| 12 | Because the kind of earthly and human illustrations that I 've been trying to use this morning are all bound to fall short . |
| 13 | Now the enemy 's all deflated and dead , I feel like all my friends and all the artists were like little pygmies and we 've been trying to kill this elephant all these years with little arrows , and finally tonight … |
| 14 | I 've been meaning to say this for a long time , ’ said Susan , with an assumption of severity which moved her sister to ribald mirth . |
| 15 | Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time . |
| 16 | I think that what we 're really looking for is a stimulating , exciting involvement of parents , of students , of teachers , of everyone who has an interest in the success of a school , and I think for some years at Cardinal Newman we have been trying to create this open society , which gives access at all levels to all the children and to their parents , and we do n't want to close the society in any shape or form . |
| 17 | Brewers from all over the world have been gathering to examine this year 's crop of hops . |