Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb base] been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is that some cricketers have been cheating for years in a most blatant manner . |
| 2 | Despite the fact that very few reservoirs have been functioning for more than 10 years , cases have been described in which dysplasia and carcinoma have been seen in colitic pouches and adenomas in FAP pouches . |
| 3 | Now , so far er , the acquisitions that have come onto the market have n't really reflected er , the trading conditions in which all companies in this country have been operating for the last eighteen months . |
| 4 | ‘ There is no magic solution to this issue and employees who smoke will need to harness their own willpower , but the ban could be the kind of incentive that some smokers have been waiting for to help them reduce or stop smoking and improve their general health . ’ |
| 5 | And they would then sell these goods at high prices to those buyers who have not discovered that some sellers have been selling for low prices . |
| 6 | However , many trusts have been running for less than five years . |
| 7 | This may sound an obvious sort of compromise , but it is the kind of ethical advice many managers have been looking for . |
| 8 | It is because those Governments have been arguing for coal utilisation while our Government have sat on their hands wanting to take a swipe at miners and their communities . |
| 9 | Both crews have been training for months . |
| 10 | What TC said , most people have been saying for the last couple of seasons . |