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 . |