Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Timothy , four , has been learning cello for a few months and loves it . ’ |
| 2 | In one sense this kind of thing has been taking place for centuries . |
| 3 | The document ignores the debate on curriculum which has been taking place for 20 years . |
| 4 | Such a process has been taking place for a long time . |
| 5 | Maurice Adams , General Manager of ACET , has recently returned form Uganda where he has been discussing planning for future projects with ACET 's African Director , Anthony Kasozi . |
| 6 | Of course the swell has been gathering force for a century or more , since Joseph Thompson first saw ‘ the most peculiar band of men to be found in Africa ‘ . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , a working party report urging positive action on equal opportunities by the Scottish Law Society has been gathering dust for more than a year . |
| 8 | ‘ Mankind has been seeking proof for centuries . ’ |
| 9 | FOR some time now , the Scottish Amateur Rowing Association 's executive has been seeking input for the updating of its Development Plan , and to serve this purpose , an all-day session of discussion groups has been arranged for Sunday , 21 March , at Strathclyde Park . |
| 10 | Graham Tennant , 81 , has been writing poetry for a hobby since he was 10 and his poem Looking Back taking a humorous look at the Biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah has been judged one of the top ten funniest poems in a national competition judged by comedian Ronnie Corbett . |
| 11 | Houseplants are good for you , according to Californian a laboratory that has been doing research for NASA into the use of plants in space . |
| 12 | The brave star , who has been battling cancer for four years , admits that she still suffers from terrible stagefright . |
| 13 | The Channel Ten broadcasting deal shocked the Australian public as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has been televising rugby for 30 years . |
| 14 | Some people may suggest that the absence of Ireland 's top three drivers might actually be a good thing for Cork , making it a much more competitive event , but it will do little to improve the profile of a rally that has been losing ground for the past few years . |
| 15 | Siobhan has been losing weight for two years . |
| 16 | In closing the hospitals the health authority has been purchasing care for those people that let you care for them in a variety of settings and support . |
| 17 | ‘ We bought the malt extract arm of the Distillers Group which has been making malt for 100 years . |
| 18 | SIDT 's initial start-up funding and training support came from the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific ( FSP ) and for the last four years , the UK Foundation ( FSP/UK ) , based in Edinburgh , has been raising money for SIDT throughout Europe . |
| 19 | Despite the setbacks , Geoff has been playing golf for 16 years . |
| 20 | Lawrence , who has been playing golf for almost three years , has a handicap of 20 . |
| 21 | An Irish internationalist at boys and youths level , he has been playing golf for five years . |
| 22 | ‘ She 'd been taking hush-money for the last ten years . ’ |
| 23 | At the Court of Appeal today , Rachael 's solicitor explained that he 'd been frightened of losing the children , and that for several weeks before the killing he 'd been taking medication for depression . |
| 24 | You , you , you 've all hea heard of Marie Curie , famous erm scientist who pioneered a lot of the work on radioactivity in the early part of this century and the last part of the last century she in fact was Polish , lived in , in , in Paris , married a French man called Pierre er hence she 's known as Marie Curie well Pierre Curie was also a scientist and he was er baffled by the affect that , th the fact that there did n't seem to be any biological affects er certainly the doses of radiation that , that they were , they were getting they 'd handled tons and tons of pitchblende , that 's radioactive ore they extracted several grammes of radium from it , they 'd been handling stuff for years they were n't ill , they obviously had n't died and so on . |
| 25 | He 'd been receiving treatment for depression and friends believe he committed suicide . |
| 26 | We 'd been providing cover for the convoy , when a vehicle went over a land mine . |
| 27 | It 's you know and my pride was getting a little bit dented that I 'd been selling market for years suddenly I was n't doing this . |
| 28 | I 'd been playing slide for years and I found myself in a blues band . |
| 29 | He could have been composing rubbish for all I was competent to judge , yet that possibility did not enter my head . |
| 30 | Britain would now be in the fortunate position of having had , in 1991 , nothing worse than a shallow and short-lived recession , from which a smart recovery would already have been taking place for several quarters , with no balance of payments constraint and little rise in unemployment . |