Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that a great deal of ley hunting done over the past 50 years has been hunting chance alignments . |
| 2 | Japan has been hunting minke whales in the Antarctic for " research " purposes . |
| 3 | At the Bull & Gate , next door to the Town & Country Club in London 's Kentish Town , the management has been promoting pub rock in a back room with adjoining outer bar for almost as long as the form has existed . |
| 4 | Since 1946 the United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) has been promoting literacy ‘ both as a human right and as an instrument of liberation and development ’ . |
| 5 | The commission has been collecting evidence about the torture and ‘ disappearance ’ of the military regime 's political opponents , from victims and their families and from the armed forces . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's quite amazing what turns up when one is least expecting it , ’ says Laurie Milner of the Imperial War Museum , who has been collecting material here . |
| 7 | She was joined by Betsy M. Bryan , Alexander Badawy Assistant Professor of Egyptian Art and Archaeology at The Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , who since 1984 has been collecting material on the position of women in New Kingdom society . |
| 8 | He has been telling golfing cronies in Ireland that the Beeb are reduced to such drastic economies because they are coughing up £10 million a year on Eldorado . |
| 9 | ‘ Timothy , four , has been learning cello for a few months and loves it . ’ |
| 10 | For the past three years Brenda has been learning German at the Open Learning Centre on site and she puts it to good use on frequent trips abroad . |
| 11 | Last November , Zimbabwe ordered rice from North Korea because drought had disrupted the usual source of supply in Malawi , while Mozambique has been receiving aid in the form of rice from Japan . |
| 12 | The item that makes everyone tick at PE also lies within the former gunnery hall , but it has been receiving attention since its arrival — within the hold of a Safair L–100 Hercules . |
| 13 | OSF HAS BEEN SUBMITTING MOTIF TO X/OPEN REGULARLY |
| 14 | What poor soul has been taking stuff in for Bosnia ? |
| 15 | Where Cooper has been taking instruction on board , Waters has been tossing it aside . |
| 16 | ( If her son enters when he is a few years older , he will surely be unique in being able to say he has been taking part since before he was born . ) |
| 17 | Britain has been taking part in a limited relief programme using a Hercules from RAF Lyneham to fly supplies from Zagreb to Sarajevo , Bosnia 's capital . |
| 18 | ‘ Spencer has been taking money from customers and only entering a part of the amounts in the books . |
| 19 | A MAN posing as a worker for the charity War on Want has been taking money from unsuspecting people in the Balmoral area . |
| 20 | A three-times World speedway champion has been taking motorbike lessons … so that he can pass his test . |
| 21 | He has been taking medication and it is believed he may have been able to hide some of the drug . |
| 22 | ‘ She has been taking medication but we do n't know yet whether that had anything to do with it . |
| 23 | Sharon has been taking evening classes at college for the past two years . |
| 24 | In one sense this kind of thing has been taking place for centuries . |
| 25 | These cold statistics do not show one important trend that has been taking place since 1945 . |
| 26 | In recent years , a quiet revolution has been taking place as technical changes and new marketing methods for a vast range of home products have increased consumer choice and introduced alternative ways of home building . |
| 27 | The document ignores the debate on curriculum which has been taking place for 20 years . |
| 28 | Since the publication of ‘ Education for Self-Reliance ’ , the process of transforming these goals into curriculum plans and curriculum practice has been taking place , somewhat languidly at first , but with increasing momentum . |
| 29 | During the winter months , behind the scenes restoration and conservation work has been taking place and there are new developments at many houses and gardens . |
| 30 | Planning has been taking place on this restructure for some months now with close liaison between RAFM and the Aircraft Salvage and Transportation Flight at Abingdon , who will be responsible for all of the dismantling and moving of the airframes . |