Example sentences of "[v-ing] [ex0] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have also cast doubt on his client 's character by implying there 's been some sort of fraud . |
| 2 | And er certainly in teaching there 's been quite a big change over the last ten years in the way that people perceive retirement . |
| 3 | ‘ As a result , we 've had an awful lot of letters from people saying there 'd been an oversight on their part , ’ says an outwardly cheerful Simpson . |
| 4 | Sir Arthur Gold , the former president of the European Athletic Association , a life vice-president of the board and now chairman of the British Olympic Association and supported Johnson , saying there had been ‘ wicked distortions ’ . |
| 5 | Then I heard Dan Rather saying there had been explosions in Israel . |
| 6 | Harry was saying there had been a bar here in the boathouse and a grotto below . |
| 7 | Oliver grew more angry , not less , saying there had been rather more to it than supper , had n't there ? |
| 8 | But union leaders emerged from talks in the city last night saying there had been no agreement on a tough back-to-work formula and closure looked likely . |
| 9 | We were convinced we had witnessed a terrible accident and hurried to the police station at Lochcarron to report the incident , there to be reassured that there had not been a crash , and gently rebuked for assuming there had been . |
| 10 | There may be an exception if the event causing the injury or damage could only be reasonably explained by assuming there had been negligence . |
| 11 | You 've heard all the to-ing and fro-ing there 's been , this is the latter end of it . |
| 12 | It is also fiercely critical of the Government 's health policies , claiming there has been ‘ increasing political interference ’ in the NHS and attacking the setting up of hospital trusts in Scotland . |