Example sentences of "[noun prp] has been [v-ing] for [det] " 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 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ It was only an idea he had , based on the way Robert has been behaving for some time . |
| 5 | John Ambrose has been turning for many years , delighting competition judges and spectators with his originality and precision . |
| 6 | SEL has been working for some two years on producing French versions of GEC 's technical specifications — an enormous project . |