Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past 150 years our politicians have been droning on about the need to train the British worker to the level of the German , oblivious to the somewhat obvious fact that we are not Germans so can not be expected to behave like them . |
| 2 | ‘ The C & D category societies ( the smallest ) have picked up a lot of savings business by offering high interest rates , but that money has to be lent out and the sort of mortgage business they have been picking up at the rates they charge looks very doubtful to me . |
| 3 | Local folk have been picking here for generations and always made sure that the beds were not overfished . |
| 4 | Scientists working on the jet fusion project at Culham in south Oxfordshire have been protesting today in a bid to influence leading figures in the project as they met for the second day of their full Council Meeting . |
| 5 | His remarks will disappoint many right-wing Tories who have been pushing hard for the Government to give a firm commitment to privatisation . |
| 6 | His remarks will disappoint many right-wing Tories who have been pushing hard for the Government to give a firm commitment to privatisation . |
| 7 | The village is fascinating ; the sort of place the press have been raving about for the past four years when they talk about ‘ unspoilt Turkey ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Fortunately we have been investing heavily in new plant and equipment , so we have been able to respond quickly to this rapid demand growth . ’ |
| 9 | Less robust , but far more weighty , messages of similar import from Conservative back-benchers have been raining down on the heads of Norman Lamont and John Major since Tuesday 's announcement that VAT will be imposed on domestic gas , electricity and coal . |
| 10 | ‘ I have been flying out of Frankfurt for nearly 22 years , and I have no reason to believe security … is below standards . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I have been flying out of Frankfurt for nearly 22 years , and I have no reason to believe security … is below standards . ’ |
| 12 | As a power in the land , America 's unions have been fading fast since the 1970s . |
| 13 | The change over the past 2,700 years means days have been getting longer at an average rate of 1.7 milliseconds per 100 years . |
| 14 | Men have been getting away with murder for years . |
| 15 | For a long time local authorities have been getting away with murder — they 're not keeping maps up-to-date and have low maintenance budgets for rights of way . |
| 16 | The author , investigative journalist David Leigh , has had access to unpublished trial records and secret Whitehall files , and says that ‘ Ministers have been getting away with murder . |
| 17 | She will know , furthermore , of the furore brewing in every pub and office in the land , ever since Allan Lamb , who plays for England , bravely explained to my colleagues what Wasim and Whacker — sorry , Waqar — have been getting up to . |
| 18 | Even British farmers have been getting in on the act , attracted by the lure of cheap agricultural land at prices half those on our side of the Channel . |
| 19 | We have n't that much experience of working with thirteen to fourteen year olds , so we have been collaborating closely with the teachers in devising what could go into each lecture . |
| 20 | The Chinese have been inching back towards economic reform . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Andrew Kuttner , Pat Sutton and Eddie Welch have been training together on a regular basis at the Sports Centre for two years . |
| 23 | ‘ Businesses which have been clinging on for months are now going over the edge . ’ |
| 24 | Some are still being bought and sold and , according to Charly Herscovici , prices have been rising slowly since 1967 , the year Magritte died . |
| 25 | The salaries of senior directors have been rising by between 20 per cent and 30 per cent over the last year and the trend shows little sign of slowing . |
| 26 | Both the assets and the liabilities of the personal sector have been rising rapidly over the past ten years . |
| 27 | The greatest human impact has been in Uruguay , where 600–2000 franciscanas have been drowning annually in a gill-net fishery for sharks in recent years . |
| 28 | House prices have been adjusting downwards in the South-east for over a year . |
| 29 | Liverpool have been holding on since November 9 for news of the left-sided 22-year-old while government officials check to see if there are any objections from the FA or Players ' Union . |
| 30 | If you have been holding off before making changes , now is the time for making some new beginnings . |