Example sentences of "have been [verb] for [det] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emergency import restriction on cultural artifacts from El Salvador has been extended for another three years . |
| 2 | There is no obvious mountain pass or trail leading to the immediate area of the Castle , since Felsbrockenberg has been deserted for some 80 years . |
| 3 | SEL has been working for some two years on producing French versions of GEC 's technical specifications — an enormous project . |
| 4 | You could have been making for any one of them in a boat . |
| 5 | He had been speaking for some five minutes or more with force and conviction , carried away by the things which concerned him greatly . |
| 6 | that 's what I 've been waiting for that ten , ten do it again |
| 7 | You can see that labels have been entered for these three values in A1 , A2 and A3 and one for the result in A4 . |
| 8 | The ancient Chinese believed that the electrical energy of the body flowed in specific channels known as the acupuncture meridians , and charts illustrating these have been known for several thousands of years . |
| 9 | Four people , having served their community , have been confined for some seven years and now find that their right of appeal is being hindered by some legal technicality or misinterpretation of the law . |
| 10 | Now he 's been banned for another 12 months at Banbury , Oxfordshire . |