Example sentences of "has been fighting for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlemagne has been fighting for years in Spain , and has almost completed its conquest from the Saracens . |
| 2 | When Ellcock announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the age of 216 after Middlesex 's pre-season tour to Portugal , he was finally admitting defeat in a struggle to overcome back problems he has been fighting for much of his 10-year career . |
| 3 | In terms of ideology it is exactly what the FMLN has been fighting for these past seven years . |
| 4 | Mr Boris Yeltsin , the president of Russia , may have won the battle , but he has not yet won the war he has been fighting for more than half a year with the Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 5 | The Nuclear Test Veterans Association has been fighting for 10 years to get compensation for British servicemen who were on the Pacific islands when the tests took place in the 1950s . |