Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [been] [v-ing] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Circuses have been going for two hundred years . |
| 2 | Japanese share prices have been falling for three years and have more than halved in value since the peaks reached in 1989 . |
| 3 | Yet mystics have been saying for thousands of years that we are all aspects of a greater whole — that our separateness is an illusion , that we are ultimately One . |
| 4 | sometimes artists have been working for two or three years , releasing records unsuccessfully , although the public 's perception is that their first hit must be their first record . |
| 5 | Volunteers such as the receptionist form the backbone of the hospice and volunteer sitters have been helping for five years . |