Example sentences of "we have been [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she thought perhaps Pat is dead now , perhaps he has died even now while we have been watching this dreadful absurdity . |
| 2 | I don I should also say that following a very recent decision er in our submission that 's probably right , that my Lord as I say , I say to you with no joy , this really is desperate and er one can not have , in our submission , in the minds of the jury by inadmissible evidence , the suggestion that yes we have been harbouring this man two days before . |
| 3 | We have been addressing two audiences throughout the debate — the outside audience , whom the Opposition want to convince that this is a shock horror experience , and the audience in the House . |
| 4 | Recently we have been learning that young animals , puppy dogs , even a giraffe , brought up exclusively by humans will be unable later on to identify themselves or establish emotional contact with their own species . |
| 5 | ‘ We have been supplying anti-jet lag products to businessmen in the City for years , ’ says Daniele 's marketing director Farrol Kahn . |
| 6 | We have been seeing this from the development of the transistor to its becoming very widespread now , being replaced and developed in the form of integrated circuits so now we have the microprocessor chip . |
| 7 | In the main , we have been exploring sensory perception and physical reality . |
| 8 | We have been taking slow steps towards that goal and have faced a number of barriers along the way . |
| 9 | ‘ With the kind of cut-backs we have been doing , we have been incurring substantial reorganisation costs and profitability has been difficult to achieve , ’ Mr Mair said . |
| 10 | From the letters we have been receiving this year it appears that the Jehovah 's Witness from Greece Andreas Christodoulou has been passing some of the cards on to his colleagues who are also imprisoned Jehovah 's witnesses , who want to correspond with people in the U.K. Fortunately we have someone in the office who has been able to translate their letters . |
| 11 | An even longer contract is at Grampian TV in Aberdeen , where we have been operating 365 days a year , for the past 24 years . |
| 12 | ‘ We feel we have been considering each other too much . |
| 13 | In our consideration of technology and the production of particular artefacts we have been considering portable items which would have been of assistance to everyday life , some more so than others . |
| 14 | We have been considering some of the ways in which the late Roman world inhabited by Christians was transformed in fact and in their imagination . |
| 15 | We have been teaching electronic publishing to undergraduate students for some ten years now , and to computer science undergraduates for six years . |
| 16 | Although we have been seeking similar promotional competitions with northern theatres [ and we have n't given up yet ] we do not have the facilities to run a comprehensive programme of regional competitions . |
| 17 | Notice that we have been using reverse operations to show direction , Forward or " plus " to the right of 0 , backward or " minus " to the left . |
| 18 | However , it appears that 2 star petrol is now unavailable in our area , so we have been using 4 star in its place . |
| 19 | We have been using these for only a number of weeks now , but the response has been very encouraging . |
| 20 | It may also be appropriate to explain that we have been using both systems , side by side , for over two years with files being transferred between them throughout that time . |
| 21 | That is one good reason why we have been supporting several non-governmental projects in the region and why we have made representations to presidents and other leaders about the state of children in those countries . |
| 22 | We have been discussing uneven development . |
| 23 | We 're discussing this morning , and I 'll run briefly through the subjects that we have been discussing this morning for the er , new listeners . |
| 24 | Seems we have been playing o.k though ! and have been unlucky ( same old story ) |
| 25 | We have been covering random Horse & Pony Auctions during the latter part of 1991 in England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 26 | A company spokeswoman said : ‘ We have been selling 100 bottles a day . |
| 27 | We have been analysing social institutions and formations in cultural production , in their variably manifest forms . |
| 28 | Many of you will recall the ovation given to Honegger 's King David at the ‘ 87 festival — from which time we have been planning this epic performance to feature , once again , Brighton Festival Chorus . |
| 29 | One answer is that in the late 1980s we have been witnessing structural changes , whereas in more normal times we see only adjustments and changes within a set structure . |
| 30 | We have been making great progress as people sometimes prefer to talk to civilians . ’ |