Example sentences of "[noun sg] we have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To give you some insight into the kind of research we have been doing in order to grasp the concept of innovative climate , I will present two sets of data . |
| 2 | ‘ This is the boost we have been waiting for , ’ says sales director Malcolm Prior . |
| 3 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 4 | In this chapter we have been looking at the details of the division of labour to which Ella was referring . |
| 5 | Throughout this chapter we have been coming across the coffins of nobles , all of which had repoussé coronets about the grip-plates and three-dimensional gilt copper versions — usually with gilt wooden baubles and remnants of the cap — sitting on the lid . |
| 6 | Sometimes in this chapter we have been talking about processes , sometimes about artists . |
| 7 | I I the retail 's not within what we 've been talking about this afternoon but on the other hand it does employ more people per hectare than any industry we 've been talking about as as far as as far as I understand it . |
| 8 | Erm the housing need figure we 've been working on for Greater York has been nine thousand seven hundred and that 's been based on the parishes within the Greater York study area . |
| 9 | The model of mental functioning we have been elaborating here shows clearly that the evolutionary direction in higher organisms has been particularly focused in the development of cognition . |
| 10 | The new outlook we have been outlining as coming to stand over against Christian orthodoxy was by no means necessarily irreligious or anti-religious . |
| 11 | Ron Van Rapphorst of San Diego police said : ‘ We have located the vehicle we have been looking for . |
| 12 | Perhaps I do know your potential , through the work we 've been doing , but you 're not a computer : you have autonomy . |
| 13 | This has further emphasized to ourselves with , I accept our reading of the draft of P P G thirteen , and also more work we 've been doing on land in the city , and on the potential traffic implications in particular of further growth outside the ring road . |
| 14 | It 's very interesting and is linked to the work we 've been carrying out . ’ |
| 15 | It is very interesting and is linked to the work we have been carrying out . |
| 16 | The work we have been doing on the standardisation of company codes has started to pay dividends . |
| 17 | Well that 's the been the problem issue we 've been struggling through on that basis |
| 18 | ‘ The editor we 've been looking for will also have to be able to cope with Alice Cooper dropping into our offices , plus other heavy metal groups who 've been into the heavy metal jewellery shop , the Great Frog which is in Carnaby Street beneath our offices . |
| 19 | again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself |
| 20 | When -Ri is small , the former is dominant and the motion is essentially of the type we have been considering hitherto . |
| 21 | The second reason that , that we 're delighted to see you is that as a Trades Council we have been trying very hard over the last six or seven years to raise the profile of the trade union movement and this has been quite difficult in in during the Thatcher years , during the anti-trade union legislation , the onslaught by the media , trade unions er , the profile of trade unions has not been easy to raise . |
| 22 | As the elected representatives of governing bodies of Scottish sport we have been following closely the lottery bill 's progress through Parliament . |
| 23 | On landing there was none of the Spanish bureaucracy we 'd been expecting — you just need your passport number for the fuel bill . |
| 24 | In fact , we in methodism we 've been ordaining women for the last twenty-five years , and it has become as natural as breathing to us . |
| 25 | Retracing my steps , I realized with a shock that I was no more able to find my way back to the village than I 'd been able to find the place we 'd been raking . |
| 26 | During this trajectory , some move into institutional care and therefore out of the population we have been considering . |
| 27 | The forecast from Livorno has spoken of increasing winds and I laid out all the chain before we rowed ashore ( feeling curiously British and eccentric using oars among so many outboards ) for the pasta and wine we had been promising ourselves since mid-morning . |
| 28 | Right , he probably does think that , but is n't it interesting er does n't this illustrate the point we 've been making that he felt he needed to have a play that , strung that historical cord as it were . |
| 29 | Up to this point we have been looking at some fairly clear cases of assimilation across word boundaries . |
| 30 | We 've been doing this for sometime , it does n't really seem to have taken too much effect , now at the moment we 've been channelling everything through Julian and Jonathan . |