Example sentences of "have been [verb] [noun] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That statement on Monday about ongoing negotiations with Microsoft Corp , intended to arrest a long slide in the share price of Micro Focus Plc ( CI No 2,143 ) failed to prevent the shares shedding another 78 pence in Monday trading , leaving them at 2,110 pence , a far cry from the £30 they touched on February 15 : acceleration of the trend towards downsizing should if anything bring increased business to the company for its Cobol products over the next two or three years , and the signs are that as usual , the market has been overdoing things both ways — the shares were probably too high at £30 but are probably close to a bargain at £20 . |
| 2 | Ann has been attending tree healing sessions for several months now . |
| 3 | Must have been built m Georgian times . ’ |
| 4 | Source C " The impression left on the minds of those who heard the speech , after the first sensations of surprise had passed , was that the whole thing had been arranged long before and that , while in the Cabinet and committee they had been making panic stricken efforts to balance the budget , the whole business had been a humbug and make-believe . " |
| 5 | Coun Edward Turner , of Middlesbrough , who had been Meet President two years earlier , had the idea of raising £1,000 to equip the voluntary training corps — the home guard of the First World War . |
| 6 | Then Bert , " They have been fining people twenty-five pounds . " |