Example sentences of "[art] [noun] have be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welcome back to the Three Counties Show at Malvern , where the weather has been kind , and the crowds have been flocking in . |
| 2 | On one occasion Lord Mountbatten had found him licking his wounds and asked if the Prince had been upsetting him . |
| 3 | ‘ The prince has been forging contacts , and speaking to industrialists and politicians to find ways of helping conserve the city . |
| 4 | The base has been training airmen for more than half a century . |
| 5 | Now all this hinted , I 'm sure you 'll agree , that the split had been brewing , indeed planned for some time . |
| 6 | The change has been striking in two areas , with women 's issues and environmental concerns thrust to the head of the party agenda . |
| 7 | The Becks have been digging up and potting plants for months now . |
| 8 | OVER the past few days , The Scotsman has been examining the evidence for a so-called ‘ moral crisis ’ in Britain . |
| 9 | In the preceding part of the text , the writer has been describing a particular racehorse ( He ) which had been fitted with blinkers ( them ) for its previous race ( on that occasion ) . |
| 10 | The worst violence yesterday was in the western city of David where the trial had been taking place since July 6 . |
| 11 | For more than a century the Board has been providing qualifications for industry that are internationally recognised and this pedigree leaves it ideally positioned to contribute to the growing need for transportable workplace focused qualifications . |
| 12 | Since early last year , when it became clear that sales and profits were falling , the board has been pondering how ICI should be rationalised . |
| 13 | Erm I I 've done a lot of listening this evening er and I 'm sure you have too from from the way in which the the rest of the board have been responding er with there eyes and ears even if they have n't always been open . |
| 14 | The triplets have been coming in here . |
| 15 | The RAF 's been lending a hand helping to lift a 9 foot curly mammoth trunk from the ground . |
| 16 | In general , however , his contribution to the cinema has been disappointing compared with his work for the legitimate theatre and the opera house . |
| 17 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 18 | Mid you , The Shamen have been blurring boundaries ever since they arrived from out of nowhere , with an interesting selection of LSD tabs in one hand and well-thumbed copy of Lenin Plays Psychedelia ( sadly , now out of stock ) in the other . |
| 19 | Mid you , The Shamen have been blurring boundaries ever since they arrived from out of nowhere , with an interesting selection of LSD tabs in one hand and well-thumbed copy of Lenin Plays Psychedelia ( sadly , now out of stock ) in the other . |
| 20 | The money 's been pouring on to Gala 's Image , odds have come down from 25 to 1 . |
| 21 | On the other hand , virtually all the demands which the Anglicans had been pressing for in their attempts to come to terms with James , such as those made by the bishops in their meeting with the King on 3 October , did . |
| 22 | While the ramparts had been melting , the jungle beyond them had been growing steadily thicker . |
| 23 | Partly it is because the courts have been dealing with greater numbers of offenders . |
| 24 | The legislative purpose of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 , said Lord Scarman , was ‘ to sweep away not only the structure of industrial relations created by the Industrial Relations Act 1971 , which it was passed to repeal , but also the restraints of judicial review which the courts have been fashioning one way or another since the enactment of the Trade Disputes Act 1906 … |
| 25 | He had hardly finished his remark when there was a terrifying roar overhead as a salvo of shells crashed into the area near to where the Germans had been mortaring . |
| 26 | For centuries the traditional business of the hijras has been begging , dancing at melas ( fairs ) — and prostitution . |
| 27 | A large number of the part-timers have been reporting for duty for the entire twenty years of the Ulster Defence Regiment 's existence . |
| 28 | The hills around the city are held by Serbian forces , and the Hercules have been using a special steep landing technique , to keep them out of range of the rebel guns until the very last minute . |
| 29 | The Sons had been running short of funds . |
| 30 | The birds , the birds have been eating that . |