Example sentences of "[pers pn] has been [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jill Jones seems to fall into that category ( she has been teaching for seven years ) . |
| 2 | She has been childminding for eight years now and has gained an extremely good reputation . |
| 3 | While fashion magazines announce that longer skirts are in style , the princess has again appeared in the multi-coloured striped skirt she has been wearing for more than a year . |
| 4 | Ex-St Martin 's ( where she was often the only student in the life room ) , she has been painting for five years , mostly commissions which come from friends . |
| 5 | Moya , a seemingly relaxed woman in her forties , described her attacks , which she has been having for 20 years , as ‘ an enormous blackness and fear , like being held under water ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ She has been missing for several days now and we are concerned for her safety , ’ said a Garston police spokesman . |
| 7 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 8 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 9 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 10 | He has been writing for some time , starting with horror , and has more recently turned to the psychological thriller . |
| 11 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 12 | Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years . |
| 13 | Geraldine , who worked as accounts clerk at Yarmouth Marine Base left to accompany her RAF husband to Cyprus where he has been posted for three years . |
| 14 | When Ellcock announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the age of 216 after Middlesex 's pre-season tour to Portugal , he was finally admitting defeat in a struggle to overcome back problems he has been fighting for much of his 10-year career . |
| 15 | Mr Boris Yeltsin , the president of Russia , may have won the battle , but he has not yet won the war he has been fighting for more than half a year with the Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 16 | He has been banned for six months after being sent off in the Royal Liver League final replay against Donegal . |
| 17 | No individual can sell or receive commission on investment business , unless he has been working for that same Company for at least five continuous years . |
| 18 | Unfortunately John Scott Morgan had to postpone his planned October talk ( but he has been booked for next May , see below ) . |
| 19 | If he can prove that it has been exercised for 20 years before the date of an action , it will be presumed that it has existed from ’ time immemorial ’ . |
| 20 | This approach , a very recent development for credit in this country ( though of course it has been accepted for many years as the basis of car insurance ratings ) , started in America . |
| 21 | Farmyard , horse , cow , pig , sheep , goat , poultry and similar ‘ raw ’ manures are all very variable because they must depend upon the food intake of the animals concerned , and the age of the manure — the time it has been stacked for nitrogenous urine to have drained out or been decomposed . |
| 22 | Because of its limited appeal among Grand Prix drivers , it has been ignored for some record purposes in the statistical section to be found at the end of this chapter . |
| 23 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 24 | Furthermore , from a banker 's standpoint a bill that indicates that the merchandise has been ‘ shipped ’ or placed ‘ on board ’ is preferable to one which merely states that it has been received for future shipment . |
| 25 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
| 26 | It has been validated for early diagnosis of tuberculosis . |
| 27 | It has been suspected for some time that North Korea has been working on a nuclear device . |
| 28 | It has been felt for some time that the procedure and forms relating to the granting of legal aid in criminal causes could be improved , and the introduction of legal aid in the District Courts has led to the position being scrutinised and a new procedure and application form introduced . |
| 29 | It has been advanced for some time by both the Liberal party and the Electoral Reform Society . |
| 30 | Let us begin by trying to understand the rationale for the system ; after all , it has been used for many years and must presumably have had some point to it . |