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present perfect progressive passive

C2 continuous passives perfect

present perfect progressive passive

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frequency and examples of this English Grammar

It is not surprising that English Grammar Profile lists no examples of this rare grammar since not only do students not use it, but native speakers have little reason to use it either. Here are the top 5 examples from the 14 billion word iWeb corpus:

1 HAVE BEEN BEING USED 24
2 HAVE BEEN BEING MADE 15
3 HAVE BEEN BEING TREATED 13
4 HAVE BEEN BEING PAID 7
5 HAVE BEEN BEING BUILT 6

1 HAS BEEN BEING USED 24
2 HAS BEEN BEING WORKED 8
3 HAS BEEN BEING DONE 7
4 HAS BEEN BEING PLAYED 5
5 HAS BEEN BEING GROOMED 5

Note that is less than 100 examples = RARE!

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Geothermal heat pumps have been being used since 1940s and have been generally prevalent because of their genuinely high proficiency contrasted with …

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Some of the ways that the boards have been being used are: to pull up online textbooks and explain a page to the class, using the built in …

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Self-driving tractors and robotic milking machines have been being used for quite a long time and, all the more as of late, unmanned aerial …

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Geothermal heat pumps have been being used since 1940s and have been generally prevalent because of their genuinely high proficiency …
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… Investigations boss Martin Mbaya said police seized 35 mobile phones suspected to have been being used in exam cheating at the school.

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Most importantly, it could not have been being used as an accurate tool for evaluating our city’s financial outlook by anyone including our city …

 

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… especially when nationalism and national security have been being used as major poll planks by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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As he was talking about Howard, he let it slip that Howard might not have been being used in the best possible way in Chicago. It is something …
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