Example sentences of "it [verb] [been] [v-ing] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is tough on criminals and supportive of police , and it has been languishing in these hallowed halls for years now . " |
| 2 | It has been playing for more than a year at the group 's Palace Theatre in Manchester , and the Playhouse has taken more than £1 million in advance bookings for it since the box office opened last week . |
| 3 | It has been occurring for many years and has been embodied in legislation such as the Housing Acts of 1935 and 1957 , although numbers of sales have fluctuated considerably according to the political complexions of the government of the day . |
| 4 | Incredible to think that it has been going on all these years … |
| 5 | The document inevitably evoked much discussion within the Principality , and the WJEC , for example , responded by advocating a solution which it had been cherishing for some time , namely the creation of a small advisory body made up of representatives of three bodies : the Welsh Office ; the Welsh Counties Committee , consisting of local authority representatives ; and the WJEC . |
| 6 | The garden city lobby alleged that the vested interests of London had worked against a decentralist approach , for which it had been striving for many years , and F.J. Osborn acknowledged in correspondence with Lewis Mumford that the Plan was a bitter disappointment to him and the Town and Country Planning Association ( TCPA ) : |
| 7 | Labour attempted to pre-empt any jobs package by stressing yesterday that it had been pressing for such measures since before Christmas . |
| 8 | It 's been devastating for those who 've cared for Sefton . |
| 9 | It 's a long time it 's been going since that sort of thing . |
| 10 | It 's incredible to think that it 's been going on all these years ! |