Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Cable & Wireless , the CITIC investment would remove what analysts describe as the ‘ political factor ’ which has been hanging over Hong Kong Telecom . |
| 2 | The average size of transactions , it was noted above , has been rising over time and now amounts to about £1 million for transactions with customers and about £4 million for intra-market business . |
| 3 | The president , in the middle as usual , has been poring over budget items in the millions , the tiny cogs of the federal machine . |
| 4 | However , Hakim ( 1982 ) re-analysed the data and found that ‘ the results … confirm the association between crime and unemployment , and suggest it has been increasing over time ’ ( p.453 ) . |
| 5 | After missing him during his stay in Geneva ( he 'd been presiding over Berlioz 's Benvenuto Cellini at the Grand Théâtre there ) , I finally succeeded in making contact with him in Rome , where he was conducting the orchestra of the Academia di Santa Cecilia in music by Schubert , Nino Rota and , not unexpectedly , Berlioz — the Symphonie fantastique . |
| 6 | Mr Goldsworthy and Mr Rachael 's girlfriend Linda , had been arguing over access for 6 years . |
| 7 | Doubts had been growing over Merseyside 's ability to gain Objective One status and the estimated £1bn package of EC grants it could bring . |
| 8 | The Man reached Woil and with a slow but sure movement put the coat he had been carrying over Woil 's back and head and quickly put his arms around him . |
| 9 | All night he had been thinking : I 've been sleeping over Mosse 's dead body . |