Example sentences of "[pers pn] has been [v-ing] 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 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
| 18 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |
| 19 | ‘ In Basildon only 32 out of 8,000 homes were sold and in Scotland where it has been running for two years only 223 out of 6,000 tenants have bought houses . |
| 20 | It has been playing for more than a year at the group 's Palace Theatre in Manchester , and the Playhouse has taken more than £1 million in advance bookings for it since the box office opened last week . |
| 21 | It has been occurring for many years and has been embodied in legislation such as the Housing Acts of 1935 and 1957 , although numbers of sales have fluctuated considerably according to the political complexions of the government of the day . |
| 22 | We knew of its existence from a photograph taken in the 1850s , but it has been missing for 150 years . |