Example sentences of "[conj] have been [v-ing] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
| 2 | Women , Art and Society is a synthesis of work that has been progressing for twenty years about women and the visual arts . |
| 3 | ‘ There is a danger in any organisation that has been going for twenty years of attracting a clique and closing the doors on others . |
| 4 | ‘ An accumulation of socioeconomic problems that have been developing for 25 years are closing in on blacks like a vice , ’ says veteran African-American author and social theorist Harold Cruse . |
| 5 | ‘ There it is — the bush — trees that have been standing for hundreds of years . ’ |
| 6 | do you want a cup of tea that 's been stewing for three days ? |
| 7 | The tank is 60″ × 24″ × 18″ and has been running for twelve weeks . |
| 8 | One student looking for employment had finished his grant entitlement in the first quarter of 1984 , and had been job-seeking for six months ( Table 7.2 ) . |
| 9 | The twins had wandered out of the rectory garden and had been missing for twenty minutes . |
| 10 | They are part of a BMS Action Team and have been working for six months of mission in France . |