Example sentences of "[conj] have [been] [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades . |
| 2 | Like the ‘ Samson ’ , it is an important rediscovery , once in the Demidoff Collection , that had been missing for decades and was last seen in at the C.L.Cardon sale in Brussels in 1921 . |
| 3 | Surely this was something that had been threatening for years ? |
| 4 | In Australia , he had rejuvenated a sport that had been declining for years ; in England , he did exactly the same , leaving people exhilarated by his team 's play wherever they went and creating a great new surge of interest in the game . |
| 5 | While everyone was careful to avoid the word ‘ black ’ in their statements , the fact remains that the ‘ minority ’ workshop , which was overseen by one Ramona Edelin of the National Urban Coalition , an urban action organisation founded in 1967 , was really a reflection on the efforts of some of the black inspired programmes that have been running for years in America . |
| 6 | For example in the case of deep bed undergravel filters that have been running for years , a gravel cleaner is attached to the intake of the power filter and as the gravel is hoovered the mulm is trapped in the filter and clean water returned to the tank . |
| 7 | It 's a time bomb that 's been ticking for centuries and the fuse has always been gold . |
| 8 | What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Back down to Earth , and having been grumbling for months about high prices and offhand service I decided last week to try TGI FRIDAY 's AMERICAN BISTRO just newly opened in Gordon Street , Glasgow . |
| 12 | Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance . |