Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb -s] been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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1 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that let Windows applications run on Unix desktops . |
2 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that enable Windows applications to run under Unix on desktop systems . |
3 | do you want a cup of tea that 's been stewing for three days ? |
4 | Women , Art and Society is a synthesis of work that has been progressing for twenty years about women and the visual arts . |
5 | A council that 's been paying for a fourteen-year-old criminal to stay in Spain has been criticised in court . |
6 | The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades . |
7 | you know , that G P's that 's been practising for a long number of years you know er , elderly G P's are probably not as up-to-date on these kind of things as they should be . |
8 | For a band that has been performing for around a decade , their output is remarkably small , but perfectly formed . |
9 | It 's a time bomb that 's been ticking for centuries and the fuse has always been gold . |
10 | Zimbabwe supports controlled culling of its large elephant population and has been looking for legal ways to cover the costs . |
11 | IDG World Expo is trying to pull together a Unix Fair ‘ 93/Tokyo for December 8 to 10 at the Pacifico Yokohama and has been touting for prospects for the show at UniForum . |
12 | ‘ There is a danger in any organisation that has been going for twenty years of attracting a clique and closing the doors on others . |
13 | An event that has been occurring for only five years before the enactment of the 1986 Act is of a more dubious standing . |
14 | The tank is 60″ × 24″ × 18″ and has been running for twelve weeks . |
15 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
16 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
17 | It is argued that the traditional bureaucratic mechanistic structure that has been operating for so long can no longer cope with the dynamic environment that we now live in . |
18 | In the first place it is a single system of examinations in place of the dual system that has been operating for the last twenty-two years . |
19 | Warwick , 38 , and a veteran of 131 Grands Prix , won the world sportscar championship with Peugeot this year and has been itching for a chance to get back in the big time of Formula One . |
20 | Well never can he and er the other partners with er the plant hire that 's been going for donkey 's ages and never shows a profit . |
21 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
22 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
23 | What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years . |