Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SECRET service agents HAVE been snooping on Princess Diana and other members of the Royal Family , The People can reveal . |
| 2 | But they have been sneering at America since Sidney Smith , François Mauriac and George Grosz and will go on doing so long after Harold Pinter is gone . |
| 3 | Library users have been protesting against plans to close libraries as part of a cost-cutting exercise . |
| 4 | Murray said : ‘ We have been trying for months to sign the right sort of player to replace Joe Allon . |
| 5 | Great local artists like Gilberto Gil have been trying for years to promote their country 's music , but ( as with the African-music boom ) it has taken the combination of an enthusiastic American super-star and cosmopolitan French audiences to really make the change . |
| 6 | We have been trying for years , centuries , to establish this and it is only because of help from outside that we have been able to do it now . |
| 7 | Scientists have been trying for years to realize the potential of hydrogen , but they have been thwarted by the problem of storing the gas , which is highly explosive and needs to be kept in high-pressure containers . |
| 8 | More interestingly , sources say that HP is currently weighing a 20% stake in Taligent to cement the new relationship , while IBM brass have been meeting with HP officials at various locations around the US over the last few days firefighting for their support . |
| 9 | Voluntary groups from all over Scotland have been meeting in Edinburgh to decide how to help children and families infected with HIV . |
| 10 | Leaders of the Councils , none of them Tory controlled , have been meeting in London today to plan a campaign . |
| 11 | Experts from all areas of the water industry have been meeting in Oxford to look at how to deal with such problems . |
| 12 | Fans of the mystery novel have been meeting in Oxford to celebrate the centenary of one of its most successful crime writers . |
| 13 | But were it not for the perceived economic might of a more unified Economic Community , the dozen or so nations of the Pacific Rim , who have been meeting in Australia , might not have bothered . |
| 14 | WHILE the Grand Opera House remains closed for repairs — with no date yet as for its re-opening — disappointed ticket-holders for its forthcoming shows have been queuing for refunds . |
| 15 | Er so that was a market place that we really were n't tapping from this region , they have been tapping into London . |
| 16 | Although lasers have been dropping in price , you 'll still need a budget of around £500 , whereas inkjets start at around £150 . |
| 17 | Millwall with 5 wins in 8 have been roaring towards promotion , but on Saturday Brian Horton 's men were masters of the ring . |
| 18 | Letters have been flying between number ten and Mr Kinnock 's office over a Commons debate on Britain 's entry into the Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 19 | I have been entertaining at children 's parties — as clown , magician , juggler and musician — for over twenty years . |
| 20 | He is very pleased with the ‘ good meaty topics ’ departments have been suggesting for scrutiny this year . |
| 21 | More than a hundred and fifty schoolgirls have been getting to grips with the subtle skills of scrummaging and line outs . |
| 22 | I have been trekking in Nepal several times , and so I am acquainted with the conditions that I might encounter on a winter trip . |
| 23 | Both crews have been training for months . |
| 24 | Mr Lamont said : ‘ The key to an improved trade performance lies in the competitiveness of our products — and the signs are encouraging : earnings are now growing more slowly than at any time for 25 years ; labour productivity has been rising rapidly , and while unit wage costs in manufacturing have been rising in Japan and Germany , here they showed no increase at all during 1992 . |
| 25 | Sixty-seven parties fought the election of 1991 ; 29 won seats in parliament ; a dozen have been jockeying for seats in coalition governments . |
| 26 | We have been struggling for years with an inadequate meat hygiene inspection system and we need , as soon as possible , to replace it with a centralised system that will guarantee high standards and uniform costs . |
| 27 | Many families who get into difficulties have been struggling with problems that would daunt the most energetic and resourceful of people . |
| 28 | Meanwhile Oxford University have been struggling against Nottinghamshire at the Parks.The visitors declared at two hundred and twenty four ( 224 ) for four . |
| 29 | But France has been hit by the kind of unease over European union that British governments have been expressing for years . |
| 30 | However , many of those organisations have been contracting with TECs and will therefore have developed in this area . |