Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] have [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together Skylark have been bringing this music far beyond these shores , to Europe , America and even Australia , so it 's a delight to welcome them back to the Harp Folk Club after an absence of five years . |
| 2 | The Smith family are everywhere , of course , so it is no surprise that over the years more Smiths have been dismissed by Smiths in Test cricket than any other self-destructing name . |
| 3 | Both Germanys have been run in the name of the people — the GDR as a ‘ socialist democracy ’ , governed by the dictatorship of the proletariat , and the Federal Republic on the stated principle that ‘ all authority emanates from the people ’ . |
| 4 | For some years now Fiji have been playing the sevens tournaments of the world and have been winning them all . |
| 5 | With every niche filled , the only option left is the update , and here Guinness have been steaming ahead yet again , the two most recent arrivals being the fifth edition of Billboard 's Book Of USA Top-40 Hits and the third edition of The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits , both bookshelf benders , the former boasting 674 pages while the latter weighs in at a hefty 844 . |
| 6 | Apart from the battle of Qadesiyah in AD 637 during the original advance of Islam , so frequently invoked by Iraq as a source of inspiration in the more recent conflict with Iran , Persians and the inhabitants of what is today Iraq have been making forays into one another 's territory for centuries . |
| 7 | Rhodri Jones , brother of Swansea 's Robert , replaces Chris Bridges at scrum-half in a move that surprised him but it is in the centres where Neath have been stretched . |