Example sentences of "they 've be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm , well obviously they 've been casting bonds and tell judgment |
| 2 | They 've been digging for the chemicals , been tortured and crucified , again and again . |
| 3 | It was found in a garden where they 've been digging for the past six weeks . |
| 4 | Now they 've been digging up the garden to make a channel for all electricity to go underground you see . |
| 5 | They 've been charting the progress of Rob Coles throughout the British Steel challenge … possibly the toughest seafaring test he 'll ever experience . |
| 6 | erm so no certainly they asked me about it and so on but I think that rather like their food forum they might like to get a communications forum going erm because they 've been thinking about having a Business Club and various other things because they 're involved with the Management Programme and all sorts of things and they maybe going to do some training for heads and people like that |
| 7 | Er , although they 've been moving around with me , but er they did very well in their studies in the end . |
| 8 | I know they 've been writing them . |
| 9 | ‘ I think they 've been watching me to see what I eat . |
| 10 | now , you know , they 've been watching them , they know they 're a blind couple , I mean blind people feel that vulnerable that you 're asking them to go |
| 11 | They rightly deserve the publicity they 've been getting and the pats on the back . |
| 12 | No they 're not but they 've been getting on all right really . |
| 13 | around or over the world in 30 days of driving … that 's the dream of two local motoring enthusiasts who are taking their old morgan car on the longest … the toughest rally of them all … they 've been getting themselves into gear in the Malverns and we 're off there to join them for our Friday feature |
| 14 | Peter Bateman of Rentokil says there 's a reason for their bad behaviour — they 've been getting drunk on rotten fruit . |
| 15 | We have been running an experiment in our laboratories , which erm , employs about eighteen hundred people , and I 've been paying a sum of money , so that they can have anybody with a problem in the laboratories , can have independent counselling , er , and it seems to me , I 've been lo reviewing it , measurement again , we 've just been running it for a year , and I 've been interested to see the types of problem they 've been taking outside . |
| 16 | They 've been taking part in Playday '92 … a national event emphasising the importance of play . |
| 17 | But er unfortunately those on the ground who have shown their skill at wrecking anything that does n't suit their purpose with the support of the Labour group , those on the ground will still be there and I do n't believe that er giving the director of education the executive powers is going to stop them continuing to take the sort of action they 've been taking . |
| 18 | They 've been building it for God knows how long , cancelling trains , people ca n't get on or off the platforms . |
| 19 | er but gradually they 've been building the workforce back up again , |
| 20 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 21 | Cos they 've been building up like that and they 're bound to fall down . |
| 22 | It is no coincidence either that members of the Boo-Yaa Tribe appear in UK adverts for Carhartt : they 've been wearing the gear for ages . |
| 23 | This partly explains why they 've been struggling on for around six years now , but is no excuse in the current climate for them not gaining some long overdue recognition . |
| 24 | Remember the the boat 's been filling with water , they 've been bailing out in desperation , after they 'd done everything that they can do they then turn round and said , Lord , do n't you care we 're gon na drown ? |
| 25 | Oh they 've been swimming have they ? |
| 26 | They 've been chasing Richard all round the grass , all round the lawn . |
| 27 | They 've been expanding for the last four years . |
| 28 | Although these are ‘ laboratory ’ specimens , they 've been kicking around for about six months and I 'd expect them to be detected quickly . |
| 29 | Erm again mean time that the Americans er the Americans much more production , they 've been producing all this time anyway cos they 've got high productivity , need it for two hundred million people . |
| 30 | Last year they were calling it Howards ' Way with horses , this year they 've been calling it Howards ' Way without boats . |