Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This week , 13 and 14-year-old pupils have been gathering data on the county 's public footpath system , working as far afield as Saffron Walden . |
| 2 | Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency due to a very slight , and sometimes unrecognisable , blood loss from such conditions as piles , diverticulitis , hiatus hernia — and occasionally bleeding from the stomach , if they have been taking aspirin for rheumatism daily for long periods , and this may cause anaemia . |
| 3 | For many years national and international agencies have been collecting data on some significant social indicators , and it is now possible , with all the provisos about the nature of the data that I have already made , to make some , albeit rough and preliminary ranking of the nations of the world on the most widely accepted social and welfare criteria . |
| 4 | If this seems to be something you are interested in , and you are between 30 and 55 , and have been earning £30K plus , then Philip Glennon will guarantee you an interview , to talk this through further . |
| 5 | Members of Halton Friends of the Earth have been urging people in Runcorn to call for a public inquiry into ICI 's plan for an incinerator there . |
| 6 | John and Jenny have been keeping fish for nearly six years . |
| 7 | ‘ The drugs have been attracting people from all over the North-west into the area and they are not wanted . ’ |
| 8 | However , tiger attacks on people have caused problems , especially in the forests of the Sundarbans , where aggressive tigers have been killing people for hundreds of years . |
| 9 | They have been challenging people without reason to declare that they are innocent of a crime . |