Example sentences of "have been [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My officers have been bravely patrolling that estate , on behalf of the community which we serve , and will continue to do so . |
| 2 | Banks and building societies have been strenuously selling such products in recent weeks ahead of a possible Budget ban . |
| 3 | Parts of the press and television , some still government-controlled , have been energetically making little of the latest setback . |
| 4 | We rely on others to make that crucial separation for us , between the two bodies that have been physically linked all through the gestation period . |
| 5 | The environment is the source of all ingredients for human subsistence-food , water , and shelter ; how it is perceived , and how its potential as a resource base is realized , are the foundations of the contemporary human occupance of the earth , even if those foundations have been substantially reworked many times , in many places . |