Example sentences of "and [pron] have been [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’
2 And they have been rewarded for it .
3 It will be a most welcome first for Derry should they win the Sam Maguire Cup and they have been preparing for their big day with rigorous training sessions under the watchful eye of manager Eamon Coleman who this weekend will outline his strategy in secret conclave with his players .
4 But few dogs make better companions than a well trained Shepherd , and they have been used for a wide variety of tasks , aside from their traditional role of protecting flocks of sheep .
5 The study … breaks the conspiracy of silence which has shielded so-called progressive education from criticisms that people like the Black Paper writers and myself have been making for years , that standards were falling because of non-structured learning and a lack of curriculum , discipline and order .
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