Example sentences of "has been [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , the Reagan administration has been moving toward building fences around the American scientific community . |
| 2 | Great-grandmother Shay , 75 , from Walton , has been collecting in memory of fallen heroes since 1942 . |
| 3 | James Schoenwetter , of Arizona State University in Tempe , has been digging in New Mexico . |
| 4 | The claim is sometimes made of a lack of continuity in policy which has been damaging to growth : in particular , that political changes have inhibited consistent action by civil servants . |
| 5 | The mail bag has been bulging with budget priced rereleases of old C64 games again this month and , as ever you can rely on us to sort out the wheat from the chaff , the men from the boys and totally t'riffic from the turkeys ! |
| 6 | ‘ I want to feel the embrace of my fans , 100,000 of them , and I 'm waiting to face my rivals with confidence , ’ said the 25-year-old , who has been training in Sestriere for the past few weeks . |
| 7 | Sharon Turnbull has been training in articles with Newcastle City Council for nearly a year . |
| 8 | Today the control room which has been buzzing with activity for the past fortnight is empty , most travellers have now left the area . |
| 9 | The team has been learning about tree-planting and has received help from David Barbour at Gosbeck 's Farm . |
| 10 | They fear that its place at the cutting edge of environmental radicalism has been taking by groups such as Earth First . |
| 11 | Eli has been trembling with fear for the ark . |
| 12 | Private Patients Plan , Britain 's second largest health insurer , has been calling for government intervention to stop the HCA takeover since it was announced in June . |
| 13 | Police are warning elderly people to be on their guard against a bogus council worker who has been calling at homes in the Forest of Dean . |
| 14 | Jean is Stella 's daughter , and Lucy has been acting as hostess in her place . ’ |
| 15 | This Shrewsbury company , Orbicom has been acting as middleman in selling Montegos to Russia . |
| 16 | Also taking part was Geoff Pymer , the 81-year-old former speedway rider who has been acting as Tony Jacklin 's caddie on the European tour recently . |
| 17 | People are realising what particularly the Belfast group has been preaching for years , that early availability of resuscitation is tremendously important . |
| 18 | Lava has been erupting from Unzen since mid-1991 , causing much death and destruction in the process . |
| 19 | Miguelito has been singing at Pepe 's Bar for years . |
| 20 | The 150MHz version has been shipping since September . |
| 21 | The 150MHz has been shipping since September . |
| 22 | The Universal Component System application development environment has been shipping since March 1992 at $3,500 to $10,000 . |
| 23 | The Universal Component System application development environment has been shipping since March 1992 at $3,500 to $10,000 . |
| 24 | Well in the last hour reporter Claire Lafferty has been speaking to Martin Frears ' father in Cheltenham . |
| 25 | Policewoman , Leslie Harrison , who was stabbed in the heart , has been speaking from hospital about her ordeal . |
| 26 | He has been competing on wheels for some 28 years . |
| 27 | But I 'm happy with my decision to rest him because he has been competing since January , and Ever is an improving horse . ’ |
| 28 | At The Gnoll , while the outside world has been chortling at Neath 's discomfiture , they have insisted all along that every club is entitled to a transitional season now and then . |
| 29 | For Cable & Wireless , the CITIC investment would remove what analysts describe as the ‘ political factor ’ which has been hanging over Hong Kong Telecom . |
| 30 | Hong Kong has been hanging in suspense for almost a fortnight over if Mr Patten would drop a self-imposed deadline for publication at the end of February so that talks with China could resume . |