Example sentences of "they have been [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been threatening that for the last fifteen minutes or so . |
| 2 | But they 've they 've been doing that since er last century . |
| 3 | They 've been doing that for a they take it from and they put it in cheap cheap labour . |
| 4 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 5 | So what they 've done is they 've picked a way of doing but they kept chopping and changing the way they 've been doing that all the time . |
| 6 | they 've been doing that anyway . |
| 7 | They started to especially trainee managers , spending periods of time in the smaller branch , and they 've got to get on with that concern , but I think there are benefits since they 've been doing that . |
| 8 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 9 | Of claims that the relationship was one of passionate intimacy , the brigadier said : ‘ They have been suggesting that for some time . |
| 10 | But they have been saying that for 20 years . |