Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] have been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , her parents have been campaigning for a change in the law . |
| 2 | Their boats have been used for the Royal Lymington Cup and the Air Canada Industry Sailing Challenge , as well as the Chartered Surveyors ' Regatta and many other similar events . |
| 3 | For you , the only safe commerce with reason is to learn from your superiors the dogmata in which her deliverances have been codified for general use . |
| 4 | It 's a kind of health farm and you go there to sample a simple lifestyle which Mongolians have been enduring for about 3,000 years and you are going to put up with for twenty-four hours . |
| 5 | Smaller theatres striving to balance budgets and improve quality in marketing and production , etc will now have greater difficulty than before because their grants have been frozen for another year . |
| 6 | ( However , this does happen occasionally and the relocation companies report that their services have been used for senior new appointments and for technical specialists . ) |
| 7 | If the business has different sections or different sites , you should enquire whether all its employees have been considered for redundancy or whether your particular part of the operation is the only one which has come under scrutiny for cut-backs . |
| 8 | Former US Congressman Bruce Morrison and his colleagues have been slated for their meeting with Sinn Fein 's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness in west Belfast yesterday . |
| 9 | Since then , many of His followers have been martyred for refusing to keep quiet and toe the ‘ official ’ line . |
| 10 | It is highly relevant to ask what values have been measured for neutron star masses ; do they fall in with expectation ? |
| 11 | Maybe this is what England have been looking for , a team that looks symmetrical on the scorecard , at least . |
| 12 | Community care is what SSDs have been doing for decades . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's what men have been doing for centuries . ’ |
| 14 | That kind of riding is what horses have been doing for centuries . |
| 15 | Family planning experts claim it 's what women have been waiting for . |
| 16 | This is what goats have been asking for in the their prayers . |
| 17 | Our eyes have been closed for many centuries , yet the sages and physicians of the East have never lost sight of the reality of the WHOLE . |
| 18 | You and your wife have been separated for a continuous two-year period , and you both agree to the divorce . |
| 19 | All of our hotels have been chosen for their good standard of comfort and value . |
| 20 | ‘ But the win over Wimbledon means that our hopes have been extended for another week and we are still in the ball game . |