Example sentences of "has been [v-ing] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man who has had a lot of success in a relatively short space of time — he has been training 15 years — Homer Scott has already had a Liverpool winner . |
| 2 | One well at Cusiana has been producing 10,000 b/d on a long-term test and the development phase is about to begin . |
| 3 | This may not seem to be a very daunting task , but when a man who has been flying four engine jet transports all over the world is suddenly confronted with a young pilot who has just written-off the landing gear of a light aircraft while trying to land in a cross wind , the true qualities of the new inspector are under test . |
| 4 | A farmer has been using four oxen to plough a field in what 's believed to be the first public demonstration of the skill in almost twenty-five years . |
| 5 | Thailand 's Professor Pilai Poonswad , who for 10 years has been studying four species of forest hornbills , pointed out that the birds nest in large Dipterocarps and that their taste in trees was something they shared with loggers . |
| 6 | For two years now , the first Astra has been broadcasting 16 channels of TV programmes , including Rupert Murdoch 's Sky Channels , right across Europe . |
| 7 | The NCT Houseswap Register has been going 15 years now and raises over £500 annually . |
| 8 | Throughout the meeting he has been observing one student , possibly in his thirties , who sits in a long wheelchair with his legs straight , parallel with the floor . |
| 9 | Thames Water has been losing seventeen percent of its supplies from leaks , but are now confident they can reduce that figure dramatically . |
| 10 | STEVE DAVIS has been practising six hours a day during the build-up to the Embassy World championship , such is his determination to win his seventh title . |
| 11 | He has been waiting two years for a donor and carries a bleeper everywhere — waiting for the call telling him one has been found at last . |
| 12 | World War 1 veteran Mr Brownbill has been waiting two years to see if his application for a house renovation grant would be successful . |
| 13 | World War I veteran Mr Brownbill has been waiting two years to see if his application for a house renovation grant would be successful . |
| 14 | One of the founding fathers of independent television has been celebrating sixty years in broadcasting . |
| 15 | Alan Stockton , of the University of Hawaii , has been investigating three quasars with redshifts between 0.07 and 0.26 , each of which has a very close companion galaxy ( Astrophysical Journal , vol 257 , p 33 ) . |
| 16 | One of the few senior front-benchers with experience of government , he has been keeping one eye on the national campaign , chairing almost all the party 's London campaign press conferences , and another on his marginal Copeland constituency , travelling by hired plane to Cumbria every weekend . |