Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [v-ing] for [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 | , 16 , who has been sailing for about seven years , said winning the championship was ‘ a surprise ’ . |
| 4 | Danielle has been writing for only 12 or so . |
| 5 | For example , in one CSE mode three which has been operating for about ten years , the course objectives are divided into content and process . |
| 6 | ‘ OPTIONS ’ has been running for over ten years in America , four years on the UK mainland and over two years in the province . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The system has been working for about five years now , with never a hitch . |
| 11 | For one thing , the people elected Solidarity to govern and it has been governing for barely seven months . |
| 12 | An event that has been occurring for only five years before the enactment of the 1986 Act is of a more dubious standing . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It 's been going for about two now |
| 16 | in time and it 's been going for about five years . |
| 17 | The clients expect and understand that quite well now , because it 's been happening for about two or three years . |