Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for [adj] months and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet at the time the report was released , the actual company that was used as the basis for the research had been trading for five months and is coping well with a difficult launch period and providing to be highly successful in meeting its targets . |
| 2 | Jo and Ryan had been dating for six months and had progressed some way beyond parking now . |
| 3 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
| 4 | The vote resolved a constitutional crisis which had been brewing for some months and which had centred around Slovak demands for far-reaching autonomy in most areas of policy . |
| 5 | Er you will all be aware I think that the budget has been running for some months and er I suppose a lot of you either as spokes persons or as members of groups have actually been dealing with the budget issues in some detail . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been working for 19 months and was on the dole for five years before that , ’ he said . |