Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Glover has been training for only five years , and many a famous name has yet to come within spitting distance of the race , so the achievement was remarkable .
2 Northern Ireland has been warring for over 20 years .
3 She was lured into the private sector by the ambitious plans of her former colleague , Mr Colin Stringer , who has been dealing with mentally handicapped people for 25 years .
4 , 16 , who has been sailing for about seven years , said winning the championship was ‘ a surprise ’ .
5 Danielle has been writing for only 12 or so .
6 For example , in one CSE mode three which has been operating for about ten years , the course objectives are divided into content and process .
7 ‘ OPTIONS ’ has been running for over ten years in America , four years on the UK mainland and over two years in the province .
8 Yesterday , however , villagers were celebrating a decision which they hoped would mark the end of another local controversy which has been running for almost eight years .
9 Cray Computer says that at least one prototype has been running for about three weeks and hopes to have one ready to demonstrate by the end of this summer .
10 For the past few years , the death count has been running at roughly 10 a day , with blood feuds and general gangsterism adding to the mayhem .
11 For the past few years , the death count has been running at roughly 10 a day , with blood feuds and general gangsterism adding to the mayhem .
12 Although the actual game has been going for over 65 years there was a slight change made in 1943 when the event became a charity match to raise funds for the specific purpose of the prevention of blindness .
13 The system has been working for about five years now , with never a hitch .
14 For one thing , the people elected Solidarity to govern and it has been governing for barely seven months .
15 An event that has been occurring for only five years before the enactment of the 1986 Act is of a more dubious standing .
16 Doubts have continually dogged the potential deal between the bank — set up in the capital over two years ago with £26 million of institutional backing as a building society acquisition operation — and the Heart of England with which it has been talking for almost two years .
17 A survey of the career of Robert Ryman , the American artist noted for the white paintings which he has been making for nearly forty years , is the most significant exhibition of contemporary art to be taking place in London this spring .
18 It 's been going for about two now
19 in time and it 's been going for about five years .
20 The clients expect and understand that quite well now , because it 's been happening for about two or three years .
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