Example sentences of "[noun prp] has been [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of ideology it is exactly what the FMLN has been fighting for these past seven years . |
| 2 | Allan has been working for Historic Scotland since 1986 and has gained wide-ranging experience including masonry consolidation , hewing and building of all types of stonework at sites throughout Grampian Region and the Shetland Islands . |
| 3 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 4 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 5 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 6 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 7 | ‘ Our factory in Scotland has been going for 15 years ’ says Smillie . |
| 8 | ‘ It was only an idea he had , based on the way Robert has been behaving for some time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | John Ambrose has been turning for many years , delighting competition judges and spectators with his originality and precision . |
| 16 | SEL has been working for some two years on producing French versions of GEC 's technical specifications — an enormous project . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |