Example sentences of "[noun] [been] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doubts about Communist motives in Spain would have been submerged under the general enthusiasm for the Republic , had not doubts about Soviet Communism been growing at the same time . |
| 2 | Only this week , Lord Chief Justice Taylor been commenting on the need to look at sentencing and I think this case highlights that need is very , very urgent indeed . |
| 3 | It is strange therefore that the signal box instruments revealed it as clear , the signal must have been at green , or had a heavy weight been lying across the signal wire ? |
| 4 | " Hanslick and others " had indeed found it difficult to place Wagner 's achievements , and furthermore Wagner 's own explicit interpretation of his ideal had in recent years been shifting in an enigmatic way that impelled his articulate young admirer to offer his own clarification : here was one of those " aesthetic problems " which had been occupying his mind for some time . |
| 5 | Some colleges already undertake their own training of senior management staff and the Further Education Staff College at Coombe Lodge has for years been catering at the national level for the management needs of senior staff by providing residential conferences and workshops , most of which are over-subscribed . |
| 6 | Matisse , as has been seen , had for the past years been turning to the work of Cézanne for inspiration , and by 1906 Derain was looking at his work also , so that it was only natural that Braque , who had discovered Fauvism through them , should once again follow their example , although he was already well acquainted with Cézanne 's work . |
| 7 | Had not Sophia been standing on the front steps of the vicarage calling Faustina in , he would have taken Penelope in his arms and kissed her . |
| 8 | How long has this man been living in the churchyard ? |
| 9 | What had the good physician been doing at the Tower ? |
| 10 | They'v been thriving in the wet weather — and many are now resistant to slug pellets . |
| 11 | The company in question — which can not be identified by order of the court — has this year been negotiating for a substantial loan . |
| 12 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |
| 13 | Although the famous gallery owner is thinking of retiring and has for some time been searching for an institution to take on his private collection , the title of the event ‘ TransForm ’ is not a veiled reference to his forthcoming conversion from art dealer to museum collector . |
| 14 | Even this severe shaking , however , failed to cause alarm amongst the local people ; they had by that time been living with the eruption for many weeks , and it is remarkable just to what extent familiarity of even something as exceptional as a volcanic eruption can breed contempt . |
| 15 | A possible intervention of the King 's Proctor to upset the divorce had for some time been lurking in the Government 's mind . |
| 16 | Second , the fall in unemployment adds something to the theory that the economy has in fact been recovering for a good deal longer than generally realised . |
| 17 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |