Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [v-ing] [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2.35 : Public works section arrive to repair a fence which has been causing a lot of problems . |
| 2 | The Open Software Foundation is trying to figure out how to import object orientation into its Distributed Computing Environment , but is having trouble getting a handle on it , although part of its problem is thought to be attitudinal : it desperately needs an architectural and communications model and has been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk . |
| 3 | The UK , Cambridge-based Olivetti Research Laboratory , ORL , funded jointly by Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA and DEC , has been doing a lot of work on the so-called ‘ active badge ’ technology — infra-red location devices linked to computer and telephone systems . |
| 4 | So Keith has been doing a lot of work erm and putting on a database information about office traffic , Y T occupancy , |
| 5 | The threatened dominance of the Microsoft Corp Windows interface once NT appears is pushing a lot of big names like IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , Digital Equipment Corp , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , SunSoft Inc , Novell Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc toward standardising on some common look-and-feel features for Unix . |
| 6 | Somebody 's been eating a lot of those have n't they ? |
| 7 | I said somebody 's been eating a lot of those . |
| 8 | It 's been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk . |
| 9 | I know Meredith Putt 's been doing a lot of talking about the railway , but I did n't know it was on its way . ’ |
| 10 | And they say yes we will , our business teach teacher told us about that you see because it 's been happening a lot , cos Marks and Spencers do n't ask for a receipt you see , it actually happened , they used to take things from upstairs , bring them downstairs and said they bought it and got the money for it . |
| 11 | Yes , yes well we ca n't talk you see , we do n't know , we do n't know what 's happening , but she 's been suffering a lot with her back just now and she put that off you know that because she 's not attending the meetings , she ca n't sit , and if she comes to the meetings she ca n't sit down , she stands up , props herself against the wall and stand up right at the back so , we do n't know you see |
| 12 | ‘ He 's been spending a lot of time round here . |
| 13 | Possibly at the church house , where , as you know , he 's been spending a lot of time recently . ’ |