Example sentences of "[noun] has been [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goering has been negotiating secretly for months . |
| 2 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 3 | Robert Taylor has been listening out for the sounds of an economic recovery |
| 4 | Jean has been teaching there for 24 years . |
| 5 | Haunting has been going on for years and years and years . |
| 6 | Cheshire 's chemical industry has been lobbying hard for cuts in electricity pricing . |
| 7 | OSF 's singular appearance changes the rules the industry has been playing by for the past few years , narrowing the gap between the two camps , and allowing more room for the players to manoeuvre . |
| 8 | In fact Arlene has been working here for years . ’ |
| 9 | There will also be some kind of performance boost for DB2 — either more microcode or conceivably the dedicated DB2 processor that IBM has been speculating about for 10 years now . |
| 10 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table — and final agreement was reached barely 48 hours before Wednesday 17 , opening day of the San Francisco event . |
| 11 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table . |
| 12 | A sort of messy , mucky drama has been going on for years , about unselectivity and conglomeration : ‘ Let them have the experience , all of them , every one of them , every minute of every time ! ’ ( p. 8 ) . |
| 13 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 14 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 15 | The DSS has been arguing successfully for years that if a claimant was ignorant of his entitlement , that did not justify his failure to claim or justify his having a back payment . |
| 16 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 17 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 18 | The total number of books published in the UK has been rising relentlessly for over 10 years , but 1993 should herald a change in strategy from major publishers : Random House , HarperCollins and Reed Consumer Books are among companies to have announced that they are substantially reducing the number of titles that they will be publishing in 1993 . |
| 19 | The export department of Stoddard Carpets has been operating successfully for 26 years . |
| 20 | During recent years , demand has been building up for greatly increased facilities for full-time substitute care . |
| 21 | Barclays Bank in Britain has been casting about for months for a chief executive . |
| 22 | The river has been cutting downwards for five million years and more , and in that time it has laid bare rocks spanning half of the earth 's history . |
| 23 | We use this way in to stop people stealing what gear we have.Andy has been scratching around for a regular roof over his head for a year , ever since he lost his job and his home burned down in a fire . |
| 24 | The Church 's music can also be taken into the street and market-place , as the Salvation Army has been doing successfully for years . |
| 25 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
| 26 | A charming little intimate orgy has been going on for centuries . |
| 27 | It is an idea the Pru has been working on for many years , and Mr Lawrence has been at the forefront of the plans . |
| 28 | ‘ I know that picking the seam has been going on for years , but tampering with the ball is a different matter . |
| 29 | ‘ It just seems not a lot has been going right for me this season . |
| 30 | It is quality stuff which the city has been making well for hundreds of years . |