Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [be] [v-ing] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 2 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 3 | Local artist Hazel Albarn has been working with ten and 11-year-olds and their teachers , helping them design and create large sculptures relating to their other work topics . |
| 4 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA had been looking to 1992 as a year of recovery , but that was not quite the way things turned out , and after provisions , the French state-owned company saw even worse figures than in 1991 , losses equivalent to $847m at the current $0.18 rate of exchange compared with $595m a year ago . |
| 5 | She knew how Donna had been banking on one of the boys being a good match , and it seemed neither of them were . |
| 6 | F. In North Wales a small coalfield near Wrexham has been declining from 24 pits in 1930 to just 2 in 1983 . |
| 7 | ‘ Our factory in Scotland has been going for 15 years ’ says Smillie . |
| 8 | Shortly before the February 1992 meeting it had been reported that OPEC production in January had been running at 24,200,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , about 70,000 bpd above the level in December 1991 and the highest levels since the 25,000,000 bpd recorded in 1980 . |
| 9 | The GHS has been running since 1972 and is a large-scale survey designed to meet the information needs of a variety of different government departments . |
| 10 | Donald and Elinor had been talking for thirty minutes . |
| 11 | Janet Aughton has been battling for two years to get her two sons , Steven who 's 7 , and six year old Jason … moved from the council school they attend in Gloucester.She says the two children are gradually going blind because of a hereditary defect that 's already made her lose her sight . |
| 12 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 13 | By the time he and Norman strode out to try to win the 1986 British Open , Bender had been caddying for eighteen years , having picked up his first serious bag when he was 18 years old . |
| 14 | Wilkinson said : ‘ Grimsby have been playing with five at the back and gave Ipswich a tough last match . |
| 15 | Mr Portillo has been meeting with two leading Conservative Councillors from Oxfordshire to discuss the impact of the Poll Tax on the County . |
| 16 | As Mary recovered at home in neighbouring Bakewell yesterday , husband Harold , 85 , a retired engineer , said : ‘ Mary has been driving for 17 years , and is very good . |
| 17 | Jo and Ryan had been dating for six months and had progressed some way beyond parking now . |
| 18 | I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) . |
| 19 | By then Jeremy had been missing for 11 days . |
| 20 | Lisa had been smoking for twenty years and felt unable to stop for more than a day . |
| 21 | Rick has been teaching for twelve years and is Head of Mathematics in a boys ' secondary modern school in a small town , with an intake mainly from middle-class homes . |
| 22 | SIR — The fact that Steve Redfern has been trying for six years to resume playing rugby union after playing rugby league ( Daily Telegraph , April 2 ) shows that union is a more enjoyable game . |
| 23 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 24 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 25 | Do you realise that those four or five women from the RVH have been fighting since 1984 for some sort of fairness and equality in their pay ? |