Example sentences of "'s [be] [v-ing] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's just joined the Squadron but he 's been flying for two years . ’ |
| 2 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |
| 3 | The school 's been lobbying for new buildings for several years . |
| 4 | do you want a cup of tea that 's been stewing for three days ? |
| 5 | He 's been going for three hours . |
| 6 | The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up . |
| 7 | Police are growing increasingly worried about a mentally handicapped man who 's been missing for three days . |
| 8 | Police in Lothian are increasingly concerned about the safety of a fifteen year old girl who 's been missing for ten days . |
| 9 | Now we 've got three points there it 's probably they they give you four here so we 'll do another one erm , when he 's been travelling for five hours how far 's he gone ? |
| 10 | Okay and when it 's been travelling for five hours it goes through erm what 's another station up there ? let's say Carlisle something like that . |
| 11 | And if he 's been travelling for ten hours , how far 's he gone ? |
| 12 | Now when it 's been travelling for three hours it goes through Manchester . |
| 13 | And when it 's been travelling for seven hours it gets into Glasgow . |