Example sentences of "have be fighting a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain has been fighting a civil war for 20 years , and we all pretend it has n't . |
| 2 | The 84-year-old Oscar-winner has been fighting a losing battle against failing sight for the past year . |
| 3 | They have been fighting a real war , a race war , a class war , a war over resources and territory , a war in which real children die every day , a war nobody can win because no territory is conquered and the body counts do not mean victory . |
| 4 | For too long , local planning authorities and local civic societies have been fighting an uneven battle against strong-arm tactics by the multiples . |
| 5 | For the past year , he 's been fighting a massive tumour in his chest with gruelling bouts of chemotherapy and painful lumbar punctures in hospital . |