Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [been] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Rowbottom has been tracing his lineage |
| 2 | It is true that the recession has been putting their customers out of business , but accountants will always be kept busy picking up the pieces , or explaining in long reports why other accountancy firms got it wrong and are liable for a fortune in damages . |
| 3 | Not surprisingly , Whitehall has been hedging its bets with officials preparing briefs to cover a variety of eventualities . |
| 4 | Labour has been outlining its policy on the economy at the Party Conference in Blackpool . |
| 5 | Labour has been feeling its way since Major 's election , as if the corridor it was traversing was suddenly plunged into darkness . |
| 6 | Despite the contraction in its employment , Britain 's manufacturing industry has been increasing its requirements for factory floorspace . |
| 7 | For many years the industry has been examining its production processes to see how resources can be used more efficiently — which generally means getting more out of less . |
| 8 | Although Siemens is a licensee of the MIS Technologies Inc R-series RISC family , with the right to fabricate it , Siemens Nixdorf has been diminishing its importance in its product line , making major Japanese MIPS licensee NEC Corp , which is increasingly loosely allied with Compagnie des Machines Bull SA , a long shot . |
| 9 | That fellow you call Cupid has been flapping his wings and shooting his arrows ? ’ |
| 10 | Prince Edward has been chancing his arm at a new sport : Ten Pin Bowling . |
| 11 | RIGHT : Chief teacher Kenny Roberts has been scaring his pupils for years with his killer look . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Wright has been transforming his management team , which has recently been completed with the additions of Reg Broughton from ICL , functioning as vice president of OEM sales and marketing and Carl Baldini , a founder of server start-up Enterprise Technology , as vice president of engineering . |
| 13 | A Tory friend of mine who has been trying to write nice things about the Conservative campaign has been tearing his hair out in desperation , not just because they are doing so badly — but because they deserve to . |
| 14 | What 's more , the editor has been reciting his speech |
| 15 | If there is something to be said for the project , it 's that Waggoner has been doing his homework . |
| 16 | Mr Tavernor has been fighting their case for more than forty years . |
| 17 | Francis Graham Dixon has been operating his gallery in Clerkenwell for five years . |
| 18 | JUPITER has been influencing your love life since late 1991 and will continue to do so until the end of 1993 . |
| 19 | ‘ I understand , Mr Grierson , that my brother Roy has been shunting your daughter . ’ |
| 20 | Kaunda invited him ; and Sir Roy has been telling his friends how much his reception meant to him , from the man who was his bitter political foe . |
| 21 | Doug has been having his paw pulled . |
| 22 | Over the last five years or so , the ICA has been changing its focus to establish the basis of new and largely post-modernist attitudes to art . |
| 23 | The violinist Nigel Kennedy has been using his talents to help rebuild a pub . |
| 24 | With Stamm acting as chief engineer , the San Jose , California start-up has been readying its line for the last two years financed by a $3.5m first-round investment from venture capitalists Institutional Venture Partners , Matrix Partners and Menlo Ventures . |
| 25 | My godmother has been singing your praises , you see , and — you will have to forgive my suspicious mind ! — it set me wondering . ’ |
| 26 | Yet the Thames Water Authority has been cutting its spending on sewer renewal . |
| 27 | Actually , Apple has been porting its ToolBox , the source of the Mac interface , the crown jewels it has guarded so long , over to the IBM Corp RS/6000 , Hewlett-Packard Co 9000 and Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc machines under the code name Cat in the Hat ( UX No 419 ) . |
| 28 | Actually , Apple has been converting its ToolBox , the source of the Mac interface , the crown jewels it has guarded so long , for the IBM Corp RS/6000 , Hewlett-Packard Co HP 9000 and Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc machines under a project that it calls Cat in the Hat ( CI No 2,090 ) . |
| 29 | They 've been the guests of a charity in Worcestershire , and Central News has been following their progress … for a special programme to be shown this weekend . |
| 30 | They 've been the guests of a charity in Worcestershire , and Central News has been following their progress … for a special programme to be shown this weekend . |