Example sentences of "have [be] taking a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been known for some time that the Inland Revenue has been taking a close interest in the marketing practices of livestock farmers in parts of Wales and the West Country . |
| 2 | She has been taking a small holiday . |
| 3 | A working group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has been taking a fresh look at the problem , and its report was endorsed by the college this week . |
| 4 | Greek Intelligence must have been taking a more than passing interest in the activities of our friend Andropulos over a long period , years I would think . |
| 5 | Mr Butler had been taking a collection-box home when he was attacked on the Tube , kicked in the face , kneed in the stomach , had his head banged against a door and almost strangled . |
| 6 | The other women often talked about young men they knew , and one of them had been taking a young man back to her flat during the evenings . |
| 7 | Kochen maintained that DEC had been taking a worldwide census of ‘ hundreds of customers ’ recently to ascertain whether OSF/1-on-MIPS was a viable policy . |
| 8 | Susan had been taking a few items of clothing from a chest of drawers to a suitcase open on the bed . |
| 9 | If they have been taking a prescribed drug this is likely to have been methadone , and if the daily dose can be established this can be prescribed . |