Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been fighting " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nuclear Test Veterans Association has been fighting for 10 years to get compensation for British servicemen who were on the Pacific islands when the tests took place in the 1950s . |
| 2 | Ward 's side had been fighting it out on the streets with the IPLO 's Dublin-based Army Council in a row over drug money . |
| 3 | Students at Somerville College have been fighting for months to keep men out or their college . |
| 4 | The 84-year-old Oscar-winner has been fighting a losing battle against failing sight for the past year . |
| 5 | The government said that it was clear that Mr Athulathmudali was yet another victim of the Tigers , who for more than a decade have been fighting for a separate Tamil state on the island . |
| 6 | The Phnom Penh government has been fighting the Khmers Rouges for more than a decade , but now it needs its old enemy . |
| 7 | NRA forces were reported to have committed atrocities against the civilian population in Soroti district in the east , where the government had been fighting the Uganda People 's Army ( UPA ) , led by Peter Otai ; in September it was reported that 30 NRA personnel had been arrested for the killing of 60 civilians in the area . |
| 8 | It would spoil the flow to point out that everybody has been at it since the start of recorded time , or that much of the world has been fighting keenly away in these recent decades , while Western Europe was trying to invent the political structures that would make sure its nations never fight each other again . |
| 9 | The Campaign for Real Ale has been fighting to keep Morland independent … claiming prices will rise and customers deserve choice … they welcome today 's resutl |
| 10 | The abattoir had been fighting closure for years after increased European competition began to hit . |
| 11 | His mother has been fighting a campaign to have him released ever since . |
| 12 | Palace have been fighting off offers from moneybags Blackburn all week for England star Geoff Thomas . |
| 13 | ‘ I gather my son 's been fighting , ’ she said . |