Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | In London the Shahs ambassador , Parviz Radji , who had been inter alia , the lover of Princes Ashraf , has been agonizing daily over the turn that is country had taken , the corruption of the court of which he was apart , and the inglorious way in which it has now all collapsed . |
| 2 | I 'm not suggesting the U.K. has been doing marvellously over the past 40 years ( compared to many other nations it has n't ) but compared to the U.S. it 's done very well indeed . |
| 3 | Product differentiation and improvement has been occurring steadily over the years and now includes metal and wooden window frames , doors , storage tanks , household furniture , beds , as well as a much improved range of braziers , and tin trunks . |
| 4 | ‘ But what has been happening in Darlington has been happening all over the country , this has been a national problem . ’ |
| 5 | Levels of nitrates in tap water had been rising slowly over the past decade , most of it leaching into groundwater from farmers fields , where it 's used as a fertilizer . |
| 6 | What had been happening financially over the last five or six years is unclear but in 1932 the situation was regarded as ‘ serious ’ and it was to continue so ( as with other Clubs in the Depression ) until the late 1930's . |
| 7 | Louise had hardly been out of his thoughts for a moment during the past six weeks while the relieving force , under the command of General Sinclair , had been advancing circumspectly over the plains . |
| 8 | She noted , she said with a pained expression , that output from the UK Vehicle Division of United Motors had been falling steadily over the previous ten years . |
| 9 | We 've been ploughing all over the grass ! |
| 10 | Both the assets and the liabilities of the personal sector have been rising rapidly over the past ten years . |
| 11 | Hamburger joints and up-market American-style restaurants have been spreading all over Britain in the last few years , and their food has been getting more authentic and better all the time — at least in terms of taste . |
| 12 | The stolen cars have been occurring now over the last year . |
| 13 | Wellcome shares have been performing strongly over the past year and the value of the company has almost doubled . |
| 14 | Dunlop have been working hard over the winter and Rainey 's lap times during testing proves they 'll be right there . ’ |
| 15 | At the same time levels of public expenditure on the railways have been declining steadily over the past few years in the run-up to an expected privatisation and are now well below those of Britain 's Continental neighbours . |
| 16 | It is hardly possible to drive through the village and people have been climbing all over the wreck . |
| 17 | It 's been happening all over the world for quite some time . ’ |