Example sentences of "that have been [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A trap that has been expanding its grip steadily since the end of the Eighties . |
| 2 | Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest . |
| 3 | Certainly , the easiest route for companies to obtain a duty-free quota would seem to be to buy a Polish firm that has been assigned one . |
| 4 | Miami 's new-born Murk label that has been causing something of a stir on these shores of late , enough at least for Network to wet their oars and row straight for a licensing deal that sees three of the label 's best tracks to date brought together for a sampler EP . |
| 5 | To understand the UK economy and the restructuring of Britain that has been occurring we have to consider not only the response of British industry to changes in the world economy , but the character of those global changes themselves and the forces that have produced them . |
| 6 | It seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preoccupying my imagination now for some days . |
| 7 | When we buy something that has been imported we are engaged in a typical economic transnational practice . |
| 8 | But it is seldom given as good an excuse for playing rough as it was this week by the blunder of the guerrilla force that has been fighting it for 23 years in Namibia and by the embarrassing unreadiness of the United Nations peacekeeping force to do its job of supervising the Namibian peace settlement . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's the price that has been pulling them out as well as the thought of missing out on some paperwork . |
| 10 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 11 | She decides to seek medical help for bulimia , the nervous illness that has been dogging her marriage almost from the start . |
| 12 | There are a couple of things I would like to say one is that you will find people have asked regards the paper which David mentioned in Northern Ireland that has been distributed it was pinned to another sheet of paper erm , headed The Last Attempt and there are more copies available it 's simply to know where to find that . |
| 13 | Erm , I 've endorsed the comments that 've been made I think the er congratulations , and can I say I 've got a sneaking feeling originally , this paper was put on the agenda to embarrass me so that the records department can get the new shelves I originally blocked . |
| 14 | The hand that had been caressing her breast , stopped abruptly . |
| 15 | The softly spoken threat cut through the haze fogging her brain and she sat bolt upright , knocking away the hand that had been caressing her into submission almost without her realising it . |
| 16 | The expression that had been haunting her for nearly two days . |
| 17 | The love that had been denied her was always there , together with fond recollections of the father who had never seen him . |
| 18 | She hid more success with the identities of various names that had been puzzling her since their last encounter , and most satisfactorily of all , she placed the baby . |
| 19 | As he glanced up at her , his eyes shuttered , she found herself asking another question that had been puzzling her for a while . |
| 20 | We discovered that by making permanent changes to their usual diets individuals felt that their general health improved dramatically ; they felt far better mentally , and they managed to lose those ugly pounds of flesh that had been slowing them down and stubbing their ego . |
| 21 | And yet , even as determination rose within her to right the wrongs that had been done her father and to make the name of Thomas Grenfell respected again in Swansea , she was trembling with fear . |
| 22 | Everything that had been lost he was able to restore it to Ruth . |
| 23 | As I waited , Pike started to fall , jumping clear of the stilts that had been holding him up . |
| 24 | Then , ‘ Wait a minute , ’ he interrupted himself , unclasping his left hand that had been holding hers , and reaching out to brush her hair . |
| 25 | Senna explained his version of the collision , saying : ‘ Nigel and I had passed the car that had been holding us up and then he braked earlier than I expected . |
| 26 | Perhaps he was awaiting the chance of revenge for the crack on the head that had been given him … |
| 27 | Which is more than you ever were with me — until , of course , that last day at the office when you took the lid off and let it all boil over — all the things that had been bugging you . ’ |
| 28 | By the time they had run the half-mile back to their barracks the tiger that had been stalking them in the penumbra had emerged from his cover . |
| 29 | It was the question that had been tormenting her from the very moment she had seen him enter the room . |
| 30 | Resisting the temptation to ask for answers to some of the questions that had been plaguing her , Luce shook her head . |