Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [v-ing] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One family tea-time , when Auntie had been sitting silent for some time , she said : " It 's lucky there 's never anyone left in those offices at night . " |
| 2 | My husband has been practising dying for years . |
| 3 | The shop had been standing empty for some time , and needed a great deal of work . |
| 4 | The French and the US National Science Foundation have been doing this for some time . ’ |
| 5 | I hear you say , DTP has been doing that for years Yes — but moving ones ? |