Example sentences of "man have be [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old man has been playing the guitar , but he has left off playing to listen to a young shepherd piping . |
| 2 | Recently the 35-year old Belfast man has been playing the ‘ Irish sweeper ’ role , in front of the back four . |
| 3 | Club secretary John Ritchie , who is also the Northern League 's registration secretary said : ‘ We 're sorry to be losing Vic , but the man has been doing the job since December and not received a penny . |
| 4 | Among the former are many participles , both present and past : ( 26 ) the watching crowd started to laugh he was greeted by smiling well-wishers the injured man had been feeding the orang-utan but participles do not exhaust the possibilities : ( 27 ) the angry bartender slammed the drink down five empty tumblers were standing by his elbow Notice , too , the clear ambiguity of : ( 28 ) a flashing light as meaning either a light which is flashing on some particular occasion , or one which normally has this characteristic . |
| 5 | The dead man had been renting the house on the quiet estate for 18 months . |
| 6 | At the other extreme of the street , Mr Patel was able to confirm that a man had been working the previous day , and that morning , on the Ford Capri that was still there , still with the bonnet raised , still with a plastic bag on the battery . |