Example sentences of "we have [been] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm so maybe we could we 've been using sodium a lot try calcium because it 's interesting cos it 's got a double one a double positive negative is it ? |
| 2 | We 'd been providing cover for the convoy , when a vehicle went over a land mine . |
| 3 | We 'd been drinking vin blanc and supping pork pies and and when we sat on the boat , sailor says , You 'll not there long , you know , we sat on the bow er on the from of the boat . |
| 4 | It was only when I did n't , and we 'd been making love without contraceptives for months and months , that I decided he must have been right . ’ |
| 5 | We 've been lending money to individuals for over 50 years so we 're certainly experienced in keeping our customers satisfied . |
| 6 | Every day this week we 've been printing colour pictures of the team captains and their strip for you to paste on to your chart . |
| 7 | We 've concentrated on market share , we 've been exercising cost reductions and we 've been continuing with investment . |
| 8 | He says : ‘ It 's imperative we keep the confidence in our own ability to score goals , because then some of the bad luck we feel we 've been having will start to change . |
| 9 | ‘ You may think we 've been putting pressure on you , but — ’ |
| 10 | Not bad for two blokes whose life story is ‘ We 've been making music as a hobby for eight years , and now we want the money ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We 've been doing replacement parts for many years and although that 's still a big part of our business , I wanted to sell complete , good-quality guitars and the Austin Special and the 555 are just perfect for us . |
| 12 | We 've been losing sleep with worry since we were told about the arrests . |
| 13 | I joined the Welcome Group and one evening , not long ago , we had been discussing commitment and how we felt about it . |
| 14 | I remember one instance , after we had been making love , when he took my hands very tenderly and turned them this way and that , pressing them gently , kissing the palms and the wrists . |
| 15 | it 's a little disappointing because we had been lying insecond place and that would have stood us in good stead for the rest of the competition |
| 16 | One night during our charter , when we had been sipping whisky under the stars , Senator Crowninshield had told me that no fat man could ever again become President of the United States . |
| 17 | Erm we have been monitoring land availability since about nineteen eighty nine , nineteen ninety and our records for Ryedale show that there are approximately fifty hectares available . |
| 18 | So far we have been discussing behaviour within groups . |
| 19 | We have been recycling rhodium and platinum for some leading car makers for years , without any of the environmental problems associated with nuclear waste . |
| 20 | We have been drawing attention to the defects of the Labour party campaign , and I shall give just one example . |
| 21 | In the short time we have been presenting Craft and Design in Heriot 's we have already established a reputation for outstanding work and last Session one of our pupils won first prize in the Edinburgh and District Rotary Club Design Competition . |