Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] keeping [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 've been keeping watch for a week or two .
2 for the past ten years I have been keeping vigil in a nocturnal maze , and will continue to do so until daybreak .
3 She had thought she had been keeping watch on the creeping grey-streaked matter , but it had moved suddenly , the embryonic fingers clutching the ground , pulling the oozing , mucousy river forward until it was bubbling over her feet .
4 Their survival in office challenged efficient management of the duchy and may have entailed actual financial loss if they had been keeping revenue in their own hands .
5 Their survival in office challenged efficient management of the duchy and may have entailed actual financial loss if they had been keeping revenue in their own hands .
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