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Discover LudwigThe part of the sentence "has been lighting" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is present perfect progressive, which is used to express an ongoing action that began in the past and is continuing in the present. Example sentence: The candle has been lighting the room for hours.
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For the whole of spring, luminous giant Jupiter has been lighting up our evening skies.
Automatik has been lighting it up on the floor from London to Ibiza.
"Obviously he has been lighting up the swimming world in the last couple of years," Phelps said, "and you could say people are trying to catch him".
One of the splendours of the Open Air theatre since Sheader took over has been lighting (here by Tim Mitchell) which sweeps the stage with moods and transports the audience from their damp seats.
In an unheated workshop in the couple's basement, Mr. Romero has been lighting candles to the Virgin of Guadalupe, in front of a crucifix draped over one of his son's amplifiers.
The young Dean is Gosling as the pretty heartthrob who has been lighting up our screens since appearing in The Mickey Mouse Club – but to play the aged Dean, the actor put on weight, grew an unkempt beard and was given a receding hairline.
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It's whether that flame of ambition has been lit.
Greenwald is also convinced that a fire has been lit.
For decades the Empire State Building has been lit in different colors depending on the occasion.
The statue has been lighted by temporary floodlights with electricity supplied by a generator.
Joseph Gourley designed the serviceable set, which has been lighted dramatically by Nadine Charlsen.
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