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have been coming
  • present perfect progressive of come.

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Spokesman Peter Myles, who farms in Angus, says the arrangement only applies to "a double decker bus full" of shearers from the southern hemisphere who have been coming to Scotland for generations.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

“I feel really lucky to have been coming of age in such an iconic moment,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

He said calls asking to tour the property have been coming nonstop since it surfaced for sale.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Reforms designed to revive the Caribbean country's moribund economy have been coming thick and fast.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

He doesn’t know where she was going, but he says she always asked if she could come up and see him, and she didn’t ask, so she must not have been coming.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green