Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they have been sneering at America since Sidney Smith , François Mauriac and George Grosz and will go on doing so long after Harold Pinter is gone . |
| 2 | Peasant federations in Costa Rica , a country with a reputation for democratic institutions and relative equality , have been protesting at the surprisingly skewed distribution of land , by seizing unused land belonging to multinationals . |
| 3 | Hundreds of retired railway workers have been protesting at what they claim is a government plan to raid their pension funds . |
| 4 | More recently , users and staff have been meeting at regional and national courses sponsored by the TUC which have examined the political and organisational issues about these centres and unemployment generally . |
| 5 | The rescued badgers have been recuperating at the vale wildlife sanctuary near Evesham , along with 6 others which were the victims of road accidents . |
| 6 | I have been entertaining at children 's parties — as clown , magician , juggler and musician — for over twenty years . |
| 7 | But just as these new politics have been developing at the local level , so too we need new theories and new concepts to take account of them . |
| 8 | Rail fares have been rising at around 1 ½ per cent over inflation in recent years and the new corporate plan also warns that BR has 12 months to assess whether passengers would pay even more for a better service . |
| 9 | Urban population figures have been rising at a much greater rate than rural . |
| 10 | House prices in Greater London have been rising at a rate of around 15 to 18 per cent over the past couple of years . |
| 11 | The badgers waiting to move in have been recouperating at the Vale Wildlife centre near Evesham . |
| 12 | The question of whether Fahreddin Acemi was teaching at the Darulhadis is not without importance , since if Mecdi 's statement is correct , it would provide evidence of a certain continuity in one of the distinctive functions of the later Muftilik , from the time of Ali Cemali on , namely that the Mufti taught in an important imperial medrese ( in the case of Ali Cemali and his successors , that of Bayezid II in Istanbul ) : it ought , of course , to be recalled In this connection that Molla Fenari and Molla Yegan may well , while Mufti , have been teaching at the Manastir ( Sultan Orhan ) medrese in Bursa . |
| 13 | Toy soldier enthusiasts have been gathering at an auction to try and pick up some bargains . |
| 14 | 250 officers and men from the Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Engineers , already equipped with their familiar United Nations blue berets , have been gathering at the Army 's Air Movement Centre at South Cerney in Gloucestershire . |
| 15 | I know this because I have been glancing at a magazine called Rubiks printed in English and published in Budapest . |
| 16 | And what would an ordinary person have been earning at Helliwells ? |
| 17 | Since 1982 they have been living at Grass Gars Farm , Ulpha , Broughton in Furness , in the Lake District — bought with a bridging loan , until Mountain Ash was sold in November 1984 . |
| 18 | The animals have been recovering at a wildlife sanctuary , and are now well enough to be moved into a purpose built set . |
| 19 | Dr Briggs and Richard Fortey ( of London 's Natural History Museum ) have been looking at new ways of classifying the various arthropods in the Burgess . |
| 20 | The writers and compilers of the stories we have been looking at in this chapter knew that . |
| 21 | THERE is much to do in the garden at present and I have been looking at some of the useful tools and equipment on the market . |
| 22 | As a way of reducing the cost , the Department of Education and Science , where the Minister for Sport presently resides , have been looking at such extreme measures as the feasibility of turning primary classrooms into temporary swimming pools . |
| 23 | AS a third part of a nanny share I have been looking at the law and the availability of Liability Insurance . |
| 24 | Social scientists have been looking at extra-marital sexual patterns to understand why it is some men and women have affairs and others do n't . |
| 25 | Thus , this survey combined the two methods we have been looking at above . |
| 26 | But what is more surprising is not that mechanised transport has had its fair share of false starts but that since the oil crisis many planners have been looking at abandoned forms of transport . |
| 27 | MEANWHILE , back at the ranch , Michael Murray , a banker , Ian MacLaurin , chairman of Tesco , the TCCB accountant , Brian Downin , the promotional and marketing man , and three others , including one isolated first-class cricketer , have been looking at the structure of the first-class game and the counties ' verdict will be known by the time you read this . |
| 28 | Alistair and Wayne show they have appreciated that the addition of one tower to the other will create a new tower that is taller than either of its component towers , whereas Matthew and Claire have been looking at the inverse operation — one brick less and the tower is lower . |
| 29 | One thing which is immediately apparent here is that the designers have been looking at the Music Man and Chandler ranges for their inspiration . |
| 30 | The tank provides what is known as a ‘ restricted environment ’ and researchers have been looking at the benefits of Restricted Environment Stimulation therapy ( known as REST ) for almost 30 years . |