Example sentences of "or have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that she actually has officially erm the Prime Minister 's political adviser briefs her on events in the war , or has been briefing her . |
| 2 | Or has been going in the past , and violence obviously can result in serious injury or at least death . |
| 3 | There 's some worry about something — either he 's not going to be able to do the work , someone 's going to laugh or has been laughing at him , he does n't think the teacher 's going to understand , and it 's generally a terrible problem first thing in the morning to get him to get ready and get to school . |
| 4 | Patients were excluded if they had evidence of intestinal obstruction , previous gastric surgery , a contraindication to steroid treatment , or had been receiving more than 7.5 mg prednisolone/ day at the time of relapse . |
| 5 | If other members of the psychogeriatric team had agreed that the development officer should try to support some of these clients , or had been pressing to have them discharged , she would undoubtedly have agreed to try . |
| 6 | Other regions were much richer in cropland and pasture , with good timber and fisheries , and there people prospered and multiplied , or had been doing , it was clear , under this King 's guidance . |
| 7 | Whether you have just moved into a new home or have been living in the same place for years the main thing is that you are alone and you must make your home your pride , your joy , your sanctuary . |
| 8 | In case you had n't figured it out already , or have been vacationing in the Amazon rain forest , ACE is well and truly dead . |
| 9 | Certainly , if you 're familiar with earlier versions of Paradox or have been benchmarking the competition , Version 4 seems remarkably swift.It 's all down to a substantial rewrite , particularly of the disk caching . |
| 10 | If you have been told to aim for a very precise figure , or have been following conventional height-to-weight charts , then you are almost definitely trying for an unrealistic weight . |
| 11 | About 90% of rural adults in Mexico have friends or relatives who are or have been working in the United States . |