Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb -s] been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that let Windows applications run on Unix desktops . |
| 2 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that enable Windows applications to run under Unix on desktop systems . |
| 3 | do you want a cup of tea that 's been stewing for three days ? |
| 4 | Women , Art and Society is a synthesis of work that has been progressing for twenty years about women and the visual arts . |
| 5 | A council that 's been paying for a fourteen-year-old criminal to stay in Spain has been criticised in court . |
| 6 | The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades . |
| 7 | For a band that has been performing for around a decade , their output is remarkably small , but perfectly formed . |
| 8 | It 's a time bomb that 's been ticking for centuries and the fuse has always been gold . |
| 9 | Zimbabwe supports controlled culling of its large elephant population and has been looking for legal ways to cover the costs . |
| 10 | ‘ There is a danger in any organisation that has been going for twenty years of attracting a clique and closing the doors on others . |
| 11 | An event that has been occurring for only five years before the enactment of the 1986 Act is of a more dubious standing . |
| 12 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 13 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 14 | It is argued that the traditional bureaucratic mechanistic structure that has been operating for so long can no longer cope with the dynamic environment that we now live in . |
| 15 | In the first place it is a single system of examinations in place of the dual system that has been operating for the last twenty-two years . |
| 16 | Warwick , 38 , and a veteran of 131 Grands Prix , won the world sportscar championship with Peugeot this year and has been itching for a chance to get back in the big time of Formula One . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 19 | What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years . |