Example sentences of "[vb base] be [verb] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Imagine being crammed for two hours in a sweltering tent under 250 kilowatts of stage lighting , along with 200 other photographers ; your eardrums assaulted by the machine-gun fire of motor-drives and curses in assorted languages , your nostrils assailed by a breath-catching blend of garlic , stale cigarettes and old shirts . |
2 | They 'd be secondhand shoes because they 've been worn for three days . |
3 | And I 've been living for seven years ! |
4 | I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ? |
5 | Everything they have in that shop is better than the one you 've been wearing for ten years . |
6 | In a quiet , gentle , but troubled voice , Cardiff said , ‘ You 've been gone for twenty-six years , Barbara . ’ |
7 | ‘ Lucky devil , I 've been trying for eight years and still have n't cracked it yet . ’ |
8 | ‘ I 've been trying for forty years and the margin of error 's still about eighty per cent . ’ |
9 | We 've been bugged for 10 years by a reputation for extremism and division , which we 're just getting rid of . |
10 | ‘ But we 've been separated for four years , ’ she reminded him in a more reasonable tone . |
11 | I 've been cooking for 7 years now , including my school , my cookery school . |
12 | she said ‘ We 've been going for two months with very long hours . ’ |
13 | They 've been going for twenty years and er there 's er school is very much , I would have put you straight into schools |
14 | ‘ Take my word for it , I 've been going for 30 years since the well was a bucket in a hole in the ground , and there is plenty of water , ’ she said . |
15 | ‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’ |
16 | Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys . |
17 | I 've been waiting for forty years for it |
18 | Oxford ca n't grumble they 've been winning for 15 years … its Cambridge 's turn but Oxford will be back on top next year |
19 | I 've been playing for ten years and never hit a hole in one before — now I 've hit two . ’ |
20 | A The law allows any couple to seek a divorce on the grounds of the irretrievable breakdown of marriage once they have been separated for two years . |
21 | He says I have been flying for four years . |
22 | I have been flying for twenty years and doing aerobatics for ten years , having been taught to fly by my celebrated husband Tim , of Nealey Air Shows , in Chicago . |
23 | The village of Stoke Row in south Oxfordshire might seem a world away from India , but the two have been connected for 130 years . |
24 | ITV has been thrown into disarray because the current franchises have been extended for three years while the Government introduces a new free market framework . |
25 | ‘ An accumulation of socioeconomic problems that have been developing for 25 years are closing in on blacks like a vice , ’ says veteran African-American author and social theorist Harold Cruse . |
26 | Yesterday 's announcement of 420 job losses came after a meeting between the receivers and union representatives at the yard , where warships have been built for 130 years . |
27 | The two areas have been twinned for 35 years . |
28 | Two hundred and eight golf professionals — some reigning champions , others young rookies — have been competing for 50 places on next season 's full European Tour . |
29 | Two hundred and eight golf professionals — some reigning champions , others young rookies — have been competing for 50 places on next season 's full European Tour . |
30 | About 3000 water samples , collected in the Liverpool Bay-Anglesey area as part of the Geochemical Survey Programme , have been analysed for 28 elements . |