Example sentences of "and [noun pl] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Her cousins and servants had been fussing over her since dawn , and the heat in the cathedral was oppressive . |
| 32 | And today staff and patients have been talking about their victory over the health service bureaucrats : |
| 33 | Your comments , concerns and suggestions have been flooding in and are being studied by management at all locations . |
| 34 | If your particular interest in the aquatics hobby is catfish then you have had a bumper year , for over the last twelve months various different catfish especially Corydoras and Plecs have been appearing , that are both new to the hobby and beautiful . |
| 35 | All over the country , polytechnics and colleges have been applying to the Privy Council for approval of their new titles . |
| 36 | Tobacco advertising through sponsorship and billboards had been waiting like the last prisoners on death row for eight months following a cabinet announcement in April 1992 that the end of their last ditch stand was nigh . |
| 37 | Sooty the bear and friends have been educating children in the simplest manner for 40 years now , and it is wonderful to think that more youngsters will get to enjoy their antics . |
| 38 | J CALE 's laconic blend of rock , Country and blues has been influencing the way other axemen think for years . |
| 39 | In October 1869 he wrote to Rohde : a whole lot of aesthetic problems and answers have been bubbling inside me for the last few years … of course , Wagner is in a very pregnant sense beneficial , especially as , an example incomprehensible on the basis of traditional aesthetics … ; and a few months later he was proclaiming to another correspondent a " marvellously new and changed … |
| 40 | Meanwhile at Oakhill Primary School in Dumbleton where Ben Garvey went to school , parents and pupils have been coming to terms with his death . |
| 41 | A flotilla of surfers and canoes has been riding one of the year 's biggest Severn Bores . |
| 42 | That weapon 's yet to be found and police have been searching through the gardens of nearby houses and lifting drains in the surrounding area looking for the knife . |
| 43 | Hundreds of chicks and ducklings have been hatching out in plenty of time for the seasonal cheer , as Martin Graham-Scott found out . |
| 44 | From Java to Iowa , dedicated farmers and gardeners have been making a mighty effort to secure our future food supply . |
| 45 | Staff and residents have been praising her bravery in trying to stop the thief . |
| 46 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
| 47 | Among them was John Ingram , who said that he and others had been drinking with Drew at 1.35pm that lunchtime , and that Drew had mentioned going to Cross Street to get a paper . |
| 48 | He writes every week and letters have been coming through . |
| 49 | Men and women have been choosing and wearing black for donkey 's years . |
| 50 | The oarsmen and women have been training now for over 3 months to reach the peak of stamina and fitness that could bring victory in the longest raft race in the world . |
| 51 | About three years ago I was running a workshop for students training to be secondary teachers at the Institute of Education in London , something I and colleagues have been doing annually for the last ten years or so . |
| 52 | There , Jack Williams and colleagues have been attempting to understand why most ( TMTSF ) 2 X compounds require high pressures to turn super conducting , while ( TMTSF ) 2 CO 4 does not ( Journal of the American Chemical Society , vol 105 , p 643 ) . |
| 53 | The Parish Council has received police complaints that the building is insecure , the upper floor is in an unsafe condition and trespassers have been entering the mill . |
| 54 | STOCKS and shares have been hitting the headlines recently as FTSE has been hitting record levels . |
| 55 | Management and unions have been talking throughout the day , they may be talking into the night as well . |
| 56 | As we come to the great season of Christmas , throughout the country schools and churches have been celebrating with their festivals , especially those of nine lessons and carols . |
| 57 | Alleged finds , discoveries and rumours have been circulating wildly … but how much is fact and how much is hearsay ? |