Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOR THE LAST three weeks , officials of the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control ( UNFDAC ) have been trying to sell thousands of tons of onions . |
| 2 | I think that what we 're really looking for is a stimulating , exciting involvement of parents , of students , of teachers , of everyone who has an interest in the success of a school , and I think for some years at Cardinal Newman we have been trying to create this open society , which gives access at all levels to all the children and to their parents , and we do n't want to close the society in any shape or form . |
| 3 | Erm , but it 's impressive that he now feels we should be allowed to spend more money to create jobs , because of course a lot of us have been trying to point that out for years to the governments which stupidly cap authorities so they ca n't actually carry out the infrastructure improvements that are needed to enable the economy and the society to function properly . |
| 4 | Through surveys and informal questioning and , more recently , partnerships we have been trying to do that . ’ |
| 5 | His thin , pale face contorted as he said , " Well , I sha n't go into the seamy details … the more basic facets of life , but on a cleaner if more frustrating theme , I have been trying to seduce that lovely Dickson boy over the last week . |
| 6 | We have been trying to brief some Labour Members , especially the London Members . |
| 7 | Christian deputies have been trying to obtain some form of timetable for a Syrian military withdrawal before accepting political reforms , but at their fifth meeting yesterday , the 62 MPs — half of them Christians — were persuaded to debate the future powers of a Christian Maronite president . |
| 8 | Harp Lager have been trying to attract English horses and although this is never easy I 'm sure that if the right money was available , then the barriers would come down . |
| 9 | We have been trying to breed Red Pandas for some time but they are very difficult . |
| 10 | Government ministers have been meeting to prepare major spending cuts ahead of Chancellor Clarke 's Budget speech next month . |
| 11 | Brewers from all over the world have been gathering to examine this year 's crop of hops . |
| 12 | For some years , Jaguar Cars Ltd. , have been operating self-teach Open Learning Centres using commercially available and internally produced computer-based and interactive video materials . |
| 13 | Commenting on the appointment , Dean Witter Reynolds Inc analyst Jay Stevens told Dow Jones & Co that the automakers have been working to slash excess capacity and workers for years and that that is the situation now faced by IBM after its decades of success in the mainframe computer market have been undermined . |
| 14 | Today staff have been preparing to welcome 2 young men whom they thought they might never see again . |
| 15 | According to Ragini , the players can have gleaned little confidence from the fact that most of the 24,000 population have been flocking to wager thousands of their hard-earned lire on them getting beaten 7-0 . |