Example sentences of "that have been [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Big Six have been noticeably slow to take action against the ‘ litigation epidemic ’ that has been threatening the stability of their business for a good two years . |
| 2 | Sometimes the same bank that has been making the public loan to the government also stores the overseas private deposits from private nationals . |
| 3 | With frontier restrictions coming down all over Europe in 1992 , they fear the sort of epidemic that has been sweeping the rest of the continent . |
| 4 | The representatives of nations and organizations that had been preserving a cautious neutrality now swelled the flock , gabbling about friendly relations and mutual benefit . |
| 5 | I mean the number 's quite , I said you , you reaffirmed that the number was the same one that had been doing the same thing in , in Wokingham . |
| 6 | The next day the Iranian military unit that had been guarding the American embassy was ordered to return to its barracks . |
| 7 | She 'd told him she wanted a break from her own very successful career — that had been bending the truth more than a little , but taking over the club , putting her own life on hold for a little while , had seemed a small price to pay for her father 's health . |
| 8 | The logistics of his complicated destiny involved not only Skunk Kilo , anchored by its FBI crew in international waters , but the USS Butte , a Navy ammunitions ship that had been shadowing the yacht by radar , the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga , standing by with a Navy S-3 jet and an escort of two F-14 Phantoms to fly him to Andrews Air Force Base near Washington , D.C. , two KC-10 tanker aircraft to refuel the S-3 on the way , and 15 carloads of FBI agents to meet him on arrival . |
| 9 | Slow pea harvesting may boost prices by using up stocks that have been depressing the market |
| 10 | Eh and perhaps were one of the major funders in the past I say General Portfolio until recently were the major funders er in the in the ninety ninety one but there 's been no company that 's been funding the theatre on a regular basis . |
| 11 | A hotel that 's been flying the Union flag for more than sixty years has been told to get planning permission , or take it down . |
| 12 | ‘ They 're currently assisting with an inquiry that 's been giving the police quite a few headaches for the last few months . ’ |
| 13 | The young , the young officer who came to me he said of course we 're so glad you got the number , you 're quite right it 's a car that 's been doing the same thing in Wokingham . |