Example sentences of "have only [been] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The E-culture has only been raving since 1986 , so perhaps it is too early to tell if it can cause long term mental changes . |
| 2 | Croce , a noted Philadelphia cancer researcher , has only been collecting for the past ten years , specialising in Italian seventeenth-century paintings and drawings . |
| 3 | Although he has only been rallying for one year he has already appeared on the BBC Top Gear championship series when viewers saw him win his grand touring class . |
| 4 | In fact , he has only been working as a professional for three years or so , and has had to learn his trade by trial and error . |
| 5 | The team has only been going for one term and we have only played two matches against other schools . |
| 6 | Carole Rue , BT 's network services development manager , said : ‘ Although the trial has only been running for a few weeks we 're most encouraged by the initial response from our customers . |
| 7 | Erm my course has only been running for three years . |
| 8 | But you 've only been skiing for a short while . |
| 9 | Sorry I ca n't really sort of say I must admit I could n't really see why they should be like that really cos I mean it is a bit puzzling cos if they 've only just done anything , they 've only been tampering with this finger so |
| 10 | ‘ But you 've only been talking to them for a little while ! ’ said Angalo . |
| 11 | ‘ We will want to know if the warning lights had only been flashing for 10 seconds and not 30 . ’ |
| 12 | It seemed that Belov had only been waiting for her to ask . |
| 13 | Time and its buried hoard , however , had only been waiting in the wings , and it was now that the priest was discovering just how perfidious Time could be . |
| 14 | I saw the evil light in his eyes and knew that so far they had only been playing with me : their real intent was to kill . |
| 15 | English wine growers have only been operating on a commercial basis for the past 20 years . |
| 16 | A number of experiments on bone modification in soil have been initiated , but they have only been running for five years and so far there is no good evidence of any change . |
| 17 | Although they have only been trading for the last ten years , they continue the tradition of using a water powered mill which started in the 1800s . |
| 18 | Considering she 's only been sailing for a couple of days , she 's doing very well . |
| 19 | I believe she used to be so reluctant about marrying people because marriage is important to her , she 's only been waiting for the right one . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He 's only been working for Harry for a few weeks . |
| 21 | Cos it 's only been running for three years |