Example sentences of "[noun sg] have be [v-ing] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students at Somerville College have been fighting for months to keep men out or their college . |
| 2 | Sir : The residents of this once tranquil village have been bickering for years about the best way to deal with increasing traffic . |
| 3 | People are realising what particularly the Belfast group has been preaching for years , that early availability of resuscitation is tremendously important . |
| 4 | The American navy has been tinkering for decades with ‘ silent drives ’ to out-fox the sonars on enemy ships . |
| 5 | The Merseyside Police Raft Race has been running for years and during that time has raised vast sums for local charities . |
| 6 | Mr Wolski knew already that the old eagle had been ailing for months now and that three weeks ago they had finally taken her out of her cage and into the veterinary block to see if there was anything they could do for her . |
| 7 | Trade unions , the Industrial Society , and the Occupational Pensions Advisory Service have been campaigning for years to improve employees ' rights over their retirement income . |
| 8 | Our share of world trade has been falling for years under successive governments to the extent that the purchasing power of our currency has roughly halved since 1945 . |
| 9 | ‘ This thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 10 | Lesley saw it more as a letting-off of repressed energy : ‘ I think this thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 11 | Long 's health had been deteriorating for years , but he had kept open his channels of communication ; like Law his influence was based on years of devotion to the interests of the party , and like Law 's that influence had been used to argue the case for coalition . |
| 12 | The public has been rebelling for years . |
| 13 | This system has been evolving for centuries , first for bourgeoisies all over the world , then spreading to the working classes in the First World , and slowly but surely penetrating to all those with disposable income everywhere . |
| 14 | Disabled people from all over the country have been competing for honours in a carriage driving contest . |
| 15 | The family had been preparing for months . |