Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company launched a a direct VAX-to-Alpha binary translator last November and has been shipping an R-series-to-Alpha translator for the last three months . |
| 2 | The company launched a direct VAX-to-Alpha binary translator last November and has been shipping an R-series-to-Alpha translator for the last three months . |
| 3 | The Environmental Protection Agency has been experiencing a mini-Watergate scandal for the past year , with no less than six Congressional committees investigating very serious charges against the top officers involving misuse of public funds and conflict of interest . |
| 4 | According to documents leaked to a newspaper , the French Secret Service has been monitoring the Soka Gakkai Buddhist group which has set up bases near to nuclear reactors and research centres . |
| 5 | Further to last week 's revelation that Mr Phillip Schofield , the televisionist , was espied taking a walk with an ‘ amazing dreamgirl ’ , it appears that his ‘ chum ’ , Mr Jason Donovan , the out-and-out all-round entertainer , has been squiring a Miss Narelle Curtis , an Antipodean mannequin . |
| 6 | Since then , AT&T has been urging the FCC not to grant BT a licence unless the gesture is reciprocated ; its British rival had until this week been taking a similar line . |
| 7 | Canada has gone further and the US Congressional Budget Office ( 1983 ) has been urging the US Congress to go in the same direction . |
| 8 | Bugatti has been using the Clermont Ferrand race track in central France for development work , courtesy of the circuit 's owner , Michelin . |
| 9 | It is no secret that Damascus has been using the PKK as a bargaining chip to press Turkey into complying with its demands for more water from the Euphrates , on which it heavily depends . |
| 10 | The newly opted-out hospital trust is trying to close Casualty and is running down the wards of the Mile End branch of the Royal London Hospital , which has been serving the East End well since 1858 . |
| 11 | For instance : ‘ My greatest achievement so far has been supervising the Brillo campaign . ’ |
| 12 | The Indian Supreme Court has ordered 212 factories to close because the pollutants they produce has been affecting the Taj Mahal . |
| 13 | The Phnom Penh government has been fighting the Khmers Rouges for more than a decade , but now it needs its old enemy . |
| 14 | The armed group was not believed to be connected with the Jungle Commando guerrilla group which has been fighting the Suriname Government on and off since 1986 , he said . |
| 15 | Crosby has been preparing the Roker side for an FA Cup semi-final against Norwich City at Hillsbrough this Sunday with the official title of first team coach . |
| 16 | Top star Scaggs has been playing a Lowden since last year , when it was introduced to him after a concert and he was so taken by it , that he has now persuaded fellow stars Glenn Campbell and Charlie Daniels to buy them as well . |
| 17 | The debt counsellor who 'd been helping the Harrises said Dorend Ltd had agreed to wave interest of around £30,000 . |
| 18 | I collapsed back into the armchair , almost as exhausted as if I 'd been climbing the Eigernordwand . |
| 19 | Mr McNeill said he has had been reading the Belfast Telegraph for years and enjoys doing the crossword first , perusing the television viewing and then gets around to reading the news . |
| 20 | There are a couple of tracks from ‘ The Extremist ’ where it sounds like you could have been using a Les Paul , and that could have been the influence of the new stop tailpiece … |
| 21 | In the other the Lapith 's left hand must have been gripping the Centaur 's head ( lost ) while with his right he thrusts a weapon into the breast of the creature , who yet will not let go of his prize with either hand though with both hers she tugs at one . |
| 22 | At the vital moment of explanation , Harry must have been selecting the England cricket team on the back of his exercise book . |
| 23 | For some years , the Purnells had been using the River Frome , the lower stretch of which had previously been dredged and cleared by Richard Owen Cambridge of Whitminster , to move coal and iron to and from the Severn to their mills at Framilode and Fromebridge . |
| 24 | The problem with my files would have been solved if I had been using an IBM machine — but they were way beyond my price range when I bought my first computer . |
| 25 | ‘ Labour members saw the letter I had sent and automatically assumed I had been misusing the Commons franking machine . |
| 26 | Cecil , who had been considering the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot , believes the prevailing soft ground will negate the speed of the specialist milers . |
| 27 | When they returned , the Burtons , who had been sharing the Simmons — Granger household , moved out to a minute bungalow which they rented from the James Masons . |
| 28 | She swung round rather abruptly , and recognised the young man as one of the detective constables who had been haunting the Lodge all day . |
| 29 | It had been operating a Ro-Ro service from inside the locks and undoubtedly was responsible for the major part of the heavy goods vehicle traffic . |
| 30 | The Princess of Wales once told me that her husband had been watching the Miss World contest , which quite surprised me . |