Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] have been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I appear to have been writing for years , and yet not one sentence has been completed . |
| 2 | I am left with no alternative but to seek legal advice on this matter which I believe has been taken for one reason and one reason only — that is to discourage the importation of fish to secure employment in the Grampian area . ’ |
| 3 | First the old Morris I liked had been exchanged for a Jowett Javelin . |
| 4 | In contrast to some systems which seem to have been designed for gadget freaks , GEC 's control panel is simplicity itself . |
| 5 | There was the Crown Colony system which seems to have been designed for the business of not getting things done . |
| 6 | Top left represents SQL life cycle tools , which are tools which have has been delivering for the last three years which address each of the needs of the entire project life cycle . |
| 7 | Their clothes were an abrasive barrier between them , and her hands were as urgent as his as she peeled off the same black dress she seemed to have been wearing for the past century . |
| 8 | Her blouse fell open and her naked breast was warmed by the hot sun and his mouth drawing her desire from deep within her , a desire she thought had been lost for no other man would have been able to free it , no other but him . |
| 9 | That ache that she thought had been satiated for all time was back within her . |
| 10 | Finally , that was in a general way an instrument of state policy , in this case one felt to have been used for ill , is indicated by one of the several criticisms made of Bayezid I 's Grand Vezir Candarli Ali Pasa in the early histories . |
| 11 | CAMPAIGNERS look likely to win their fight for more nursery places in an area of Darlington which they claim has been deprived for years . |
| 12 | He was simply lucky , perhaps , that the land which he sold had been allocated for residential purposes in a period when a new suburban city was coming into being . |
| 13 | There was apparently an agreement between Pickard and Wasbrough allowing the latter to use the crank , and the engine-builder who was most incensed at the patenting of a device which he maintained had been known for centuries was James Watt [ q.v . ] . |
| 14 | He seemed to have been moving for an immeasurable time . |
| 15 | He seemed to have been driving for ever . |
| 16 | I would love more people to be aware of the sometimes painfully beautiful music that Gál wrote , but ( and I do no injustice to his shade ) I would n't try to convince anyone of his stature on the basis of the music for mandolin and piano recorded here : it seems to have been composed for the sheer enjoyment of the players — well-tuned , amiable , and slightly unmemorable stuff . |
| 17 | The House declined to consider itself bound by the Rainham Chemicals case where it seems to have been taken for granted that such an activity constituted a non-natural use of land . |
| 18 | It looked to have been wasted for good in 1990 when , after struggling to overcome injuries and failing exams , he packed up and returned home to Teesside . |
| 19 | He claims to have been paddling for 26 years , not bad for a 32 year old . |