Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for [adv] [adj] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | The oarsmen and women have been training now for over 3 months to reach the peak of stamina and fitness that could bring victory in the longest raft race in the world . |
| 2 | Investigations into the activities of this particular smuggling gang had been going on for nearly twelve months prior to the climax of Yashmak and were initiated in Sussex . |
| 3 | It 's been going on for about seventeen months now and the in chief man at Hill House was rather interested to hear that we 'd not actually had it resolved yet , and asked for the reference numbers and . |
| 4 | Although these are ‘ laboratory ’ specimens , they 've been kicking around for about six months and I 'd expect them to be detected quickly . |
| 5 | DARLINGTON discovery Andrew Pyrah , who has been running seriously for only 18 months , won the Man of the Match award in the Woolworth Young Athletes match at Middlesbrough yesterday . |
| 6 | It 's been sitting there for about three months . |