Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Simmons of ITN has been travelling with the convoy , and has sent us this special report . |
| 2 | Mike Rowbottom has been looking at the history of this remarkable experiment in Christian co-operation . |
| 3 | In terms of ideology it is exactly what the FMLN has been fighting for these past seven years . |
| 4 | Allan has been working for Historic Scotland since 1986 and has gained wide-ranging experience including masonry consolidation , hewing and building of all types of stonework at sites throughout Grampian Region and the Shetland Islands . |
| 5 | ICL has been dallying with the prospect of putting its OfficePower office automation suite up on alien platforms for at least two years . |
| 6 | English actress Julie Christie has been co-starring with Canadian Donald Sutherland in ‘ The Railway Station Man ’ , a rural love story set in Donegal and directed by Britain 's Michael Whyte , American Ned Beatty recently completed his starring role as Irish tenor Josef Locke in ‘ Hear My Song ’ , directed by first time British director Peter Chelsom . |
| 7 | Considered by many to be the country 's leading authority on the hair and scalp , Philip Kingsley has been practising from the London Trichological Centre , 54 Green Street , London W1 , since 1960 , composing individual trichological treatments for private clients only . |
| 8 | Such a lightning-spattered ending is found , for example , in Passionate Summer ( 1958 ) , where for most of the film the schoolteacher on a Caribbean Island has been keeping at bay the emotions directed towards him by a troubled pupil , the headmaster 's wife and an air hostess . |
| 9 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 10 | For years , Costa Rica has been calling for the extradition of US citizen John Hull , charged with premeditated homicide , drugs and arms trafficking , along with other criminal acts including participation in the 1984 bombing of a news conference at La Penca , in which six died . |
| 11 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 12 | In its efforts to raise revenue to pay off the debt , Maxxam has been logging at twice the usual rate . |
| 13 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 14 | As detectives continue their hunt for the man , a woman who counsels rape victims in Hereford has been talking about the crime : |
| 15 | Danielle has been writing for only 12 or so . |
| 16 | Norfolk has been concentrating on promoting Medau with a view to increasing class membership . |
| 17 | Ward has been searching for a winger for some time and last night he was hopeful of clinching a signing on loan . |
| 18 | 1.25:ALTHOUGH she has form over three miles , Ketti has been running like a non stayer at that trip this year . |
| 19 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 20 | This , then is the state of affairs which Rigoberta Menchu has been trying for the past 11 years to bring to the world 's attention — an almost impossible task , given the fact that for most of that time the international press found Nicaragua and El Salvador much more diverting . |
| 21 | For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world . |
| 22 | Lt Col Stewart has been reporting to the UN on some of the dreadful conditions suffered by refugees at the front-line town of Maglaj , where he said the situation was ‘ disgraceful . ’ |
| 23 | A case involving a company called Coloroll has been waiting for resolution by the European Court . |
| 24 | Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) . |
| 25 | Harold Lock has been coming to the pool since he was a child and says it would be a crime to close it down . |
| 26 | Frances has been working at Ashworth for the last four years . |
| 27 | Aldercine Hodson , Ruth Lawrence and Moya Hood taught in this area from the late sixties , but more recently Aldercine has been concentrating on classes with Active Retirement Clubs , as well as people with other special needs , and has organised several Sport/Fun Days for people with disabilities . |
| 28 | A sturdily middle-class society does not sit easily atop political immobility ; and , indeed , Taiwan has been experimenting with reform for the past three years . |
| 29 | Mr. Edmonds has been talking to himself for years … now everyone listens |
| 30 | TI has been sampling since August and indicates a high degree of interest in Tsunami as an X-terminal centrepiece . |