Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb -s] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the company he has been keeping has been fascinating . |
| 2 | Now that the inevitability of synonyms occurring has been made clear , we must consider how to deal with them . |
| 3 | Adequate insurance cover gives you the peace of mind of knowing that your business 's ability to continue trading has been preserved , and that the personal assets of directors are not at risk . |
| 4 | Conference , if you think back to all those times that you have sat at home watching the news after a day 's work like I have , and listen carefully to what is being said , you may well have been horrified and saddened to hear the many stories appertaining to people who have had accidents or died due to the fact that the machine they have been driving has been too powerful . |
| 5 | The house where they were living has been re-possessed because the owner could n't keep up with the mortgage payments . |
| 6 | Notice how the platoon he is inspecting has been ‘ sized ’ with the tallest men on the smallest in the smallest in the middle . |
| 7 | In a world ordered by sexual imbalance , pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female . |
| 8 | The sums on the invoice are incorrect : this has been cleared with the Hilton and the sum owing has been settled at 592 in total . |
| 9 | Finally , a work-based Certificate in Funeral Directing has been introduced this year . |
| 10 | The spotted mare came from Billy Smart 's and jumps a flaming hoop suspended at five feet , the chestnut in the horsebox is an ex-hunter who once belonged to the Duke of Beaufort , this one I 'm holding has been placed twice round Badminton , and Hoomey 's — ’ |
| 11 | We have described this process earlier ( chapter 6 ) , and it seems to occur in every case where fingerspelling has been available for some time and there has been a strong hearing influence . |
| 12 | That means really big , .166 instead of .145 , and the sound we 've been getting has been unbelievable . |
| 13 | But now stagediving has been banned in most venues , where have the divers gone ? |
| 14 | Similarly , I , as an anthropologist , am attempting to draw attention to another level at which Greenfield is not being explicit : namely , the fact that what schooled children are doing has been learnt as a convention within a school system . |
| 15 | Afterwards , Anderson said to Howard , ‘ Everything I 've been doing has been wrong . ’ |
| 16 | The fact that we can examine what local authorities are doing has been comprehensively ignored , yet it could have an effect on many of the points that were raise . |
| 17 | But it is n't because of some secret triumph of racism it 's because the claim he 's making has been emptied of meaning . |
| 18 | Although warming has been detected over the last few decades , scientists claim that not enough is known about the natural temperature variations of the region to be able to come to any conclusions . |
| 19 | The reason why coal imports have been increasing has been the failure of British Coal to be competitive enough . |
| 20 | Awarded an OBE the year after captaining England 's World Cup winning side , he won 108 international caps and since he gave up playing has been involved in football management and various business ventures . |
| 21 | I think is we , one of the concerns has been , I 've been visiting has been the need to , feeling of security in many factors . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , where woodstopping has been used , it is usually apparent as it breaks the natural grain configuration . |
| 23 | Looking to the future , filming has been completed on a Service Quality Development video on telephone techniques . |
| 24 | The benzimidazoles and ivermectin may be used for the treatment of clinical cases and a single dose of ivermectin 4-16 days prior to farrowing has been shown to suppress larval excretion in the milk of sows . |