Example sentences of "has been [v-ing] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the last three months , the Government has been collecting responses to its proposals to overhaul the law on leasehold flats . |
| 2 | OSF HAS BEEN SUBMITTING MOTIF TO X/OPEN REGULARLY |
| 3 | For example , the Banana Company of Costa Rica , a subsidiary of United Brands , has been converting plantations to African palm production , an enterprise which has a guaranteed internal market , as Costa Rica imports nearly all its vegetable oil . |
| 4 | Gregory , who has been teaching English to Thais for two years , is being held in a women 's prison . |
| 5 | His new Food and Beverage Manager appears to accept the idea as theoretically desirable , but gives it a low priority in practice : privately , he has been urging Winter to ‘ crack the whip a bit ’ , arguing that the whole establishment needs ‘ a good shake up ’ before reforms can be introduced effectively . |
| 6 | A group of venture scouts has been bringing smiles to the faces of children from refugee camps in Bosnia . |
| 7 | Discovering that the man who has been passing threats to me is the mighty Tod Richardson will not help me sleep peacefully in my bed . |
| 8 | Peter has been delivering yarn to Elderslie since 1946 when he worked with his family 's haulage business before joining Douglas Reyburn . |
| 9 | The former chairman of ICI has been offering advice to everyone from fruit sellers to factory owners . |
| 10 | A hospital has been saying farewell to one of its last links with it 's wartime origins . |
| 11 | ‘ For three years the Government has been cutting help to the unemployed , depriving them of the training they need and reducing their ability to find their way back to work . |
| 12 | ‘ Because if you do n't , ’ said Owen , ‘ I shall let it be generally known that Andrus has been giving money to the Moslems for them to use against Copts . ’ |