Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we see we 've been saving the stamps so we had believe it or not |
| 2 | As for Master Gates , he came home a war hero and has been enjoying the fruits of his fame ever since . ’ |
| 3 | Since the tragedy , the Swindon Bus Company has been ferrying the children across town . |
| 4 | Now , he finds people are beginning to be more open about their sexuality , and consequently he has been promoting the activities of the centre for sexual problems in Istanbul . |
| 5 | The Neon Tetra ( Paracheirodon innesi ) is one of the most popular aquarium fish and has been topping the charts since the 1930s . |
| 6 | But he has been learning the ropes since February with Liverpool Playhouse workshop . |
| 7 | Another disciple of Nostradamus , S. O. Letterman , has been throwing the pebbles in LA and finds the omens good . |
| 8 | For days Mr Hurd has been criticising the Israelis for the harsh treatment of the Palestinians , so it was only politic of the government here to invite him to the Yadvashim memorial to the Holocaust . |
| 9 | In policy areas ranging from mental illness to community nursing to staff development , the Welsh health service has been taking the plaudits . |
| 10 | Council leader Chris Foote Wood , meanwhile , has been outlining the terms under which Wear Valley will help the district 's four Northern League clubs . |
| 11 | Neil Dryer , who is in his last year of an HND catering course , has been overseeing the entertainments side . |
| 12 | The financial services industry , in common with many other industries , has been experiencing the problems , of rationalisation , restructuring and shrinkage . |
| 13 | Richard North , a local environmental health officer who has been advising the nuns , said that contamination of eggs through the shell via the faeces had never been considered a serious risk either by the working party who had submitted evidence to the Select Committee on Salmonella in Eggs , or by the Public Health Service Laboratories . |
| 14 | Inspector Tilley , who has been counselling the parents , added : ‘ There are no winners in this case , only losers . |
| 15 | Ignoring Matilda , he turned to his son and said , ‘ I 'm always glad to buy a car when some fool has been crashing the gears so badly they 're all worn out and rattle like mad . |
| 16 | The University has been pursuing the details of its IT strategy and in 1992–3 , following extensive consultation , it has settled on the framework for the technical elements of this , the principle of which is distributed computing using a client-server model . |
| 17 | Self taught , Albert , who is a relative of George Barron , of BBC TV 's Beechgrove Garden fame , has been tending the gardens for 16 years and has been a consistent winner in the gardens competition over the years . |
| 18 | ‘ Sounds like the record company has been writing the stories again . |
| 19 | The Pru 's ‘ transparent ’ financial reporting has been dominating the headlines recently since it restated its 1991 life and pensions accounts under the accruals basis . |
| 20 | Something has been stealing the farmers ' chickens and carrying off the young sheep from the hills . |
| 21 | The Severn Auxilliary Rescue Association has been helping the police search the River Severn and surrounding areas . |
| 22 | The Law Society has been negotiating the terms of franchise contracts with the Legal Aid Board for some weeks and although a number of matters remain to be resolved , the negotiations have been conducted in a positive manner . |
| 23 | His family has been importing the machines from America since the nineteen forties . |
| 24 | Ian falls victim to a disease which , for a long time , has been killing the Sensorites and which the Doctor traces to the city 's water supply . |
| 25 | Dick Evans , the BAe chief executive who has been leading the negotiations , said yesterday that he was now looking forward to further discussions with the Saudi authorities about their specific requirements and priorities . |
| 26 | No doubt it has been so used by the unknown one who has been arranging the thefts . |
| 27 | The author has been directing the excavations since 1961 , and many of the dramatic finds on the site have been made by him . |
| 28 | Indeed , insiders suggest that Motorola is now actively encouraging existing and potential 88000 users to start looking at PowerPC : talk of a NeXT portable has been doing the rounds . |
| 29 | Electronic News has been doing the rounds of the Foundation sponsors and finds that only Digital Equipment Corp of the US and European sponsors is hanging its hat on OSF/1 for its flag ship Unix machines . |
| 30 | I hear that Nicolas Thompson has been doing the rounds of literary agents in an attempt to improve the image of Reed Consumer Books among the agenting community . |