Утвердительные
We have been learning English for a few years already. (Мы учим английский уже несколько лет.)
Nick has been sleeping for twelve hours. (Ник спит двенадцать часов.)
The deadly fire has been burning for a week. (Смертоносный пожар бушует уже неделю.)
Mum has been cooking dinner for an hour already. (Мама готовит обед уже час.)
They have been waiting for you since noon. (Они ждут тебя с полудня.)
Отрицательные
They haven't been working since February. (Они не работают с февраля.)
I haven’t been watching TV much recently. (Я не очень много смотрю телевизор в последнее время.)
We haven’t been drinking enough water – that’s why we feel tired. (Мы не пили достаточно воды — вот почему мы ощущаем усталость.)
She hasn’t been studying - she's been playing computer games. (Она не занималась, а играла в компьютерные игры.)
I haven't been following any blogs since last summer. (Я не слежу ни за какими блогами с лета.)
Общие вопросы
Have you been listening to me? (Ты меня слушал?)
Has your brother been waiting for his friends for an hour? (Твой брат ждет своих друзей уже час?)
Have you been standing on one foot for ten minutes? (Ты стоишь на одной ноге 10 минут?)
Has John been picking pears from his neighbour's trees again? (Джон снова собирал груши с деревьев своего соседа?)
Has your sister been talking on the phone for half an hour? (Твоя сестра разговаривает по телефону уже полчаса?)
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Перевод со смыслом.many centuries ago king uther and queen igraine had a son named arthur. he was born at tintagel castle. the king wanted to protect his son from attack by the saxons. he decided to give arthur to his wizard merlin. merlin sent arthur away to the countryside. he grew up with sir ector and with his foster brother kay. he never knew who his realy parents were. years later king uther died. nobody knew he had son. everybody was arguing about who would be the new king of britain. suddenly a mysterious stone appeared in the churchyard of st paul 's cathedral in london. there was a message on the sword. it said "the person who pulls the sword from the stone is the king of britain". everybody was excited. lots of knights and princes tried to pull the sword out of the stone, but nobody was strong enough to do it. it was completely stuck. it was impossible to move the sword. years later, when arthur was fifteen years old, his older brother kay was learning to be a knight. he went to his first tournament in london. he was going to learn to use his sword. arthur looked everywhere, but he couldn't find kay's sword. arthur went to look for another sword. he went to st paul 's cathedral and in the churchyard he saw the sword in the stone. he tried to pull it out and it came out easily. he gave the sword to his brother. everybody wanted to know who had pull the sword from the stone. at first no one believed what he had done. everybody wanted know who had pulled the sword from the stone. at first, no one believed than arthur had done it. everybody was amazed. final, arthur became king arthur, the new king of britain.