Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 People living near a rubbish tip which has been burning unchecked for six weeks fear their health is at risk .
2 The farmers from this village own land in the Buffer Zone that has been lying fallow for fourteen years , but which is now being opened up .
3 ‘ But it 's a lot of money for something which has been lying dead for twelve years . ’
4 If the tool has be lying idle for some months it is likely the charge has partially drained , so it is a good idea to regularly use these tools .
5 The shop had been standing empty for some time , and needed a great deal of work .
6 One family tea-time , when Auntie had been sitting silent for some time , she said : " It 's lucky there 's never anyone left in those offices at night . "
7 He had been feeling cold for some time .
8 It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house .
9 It 's been going ongoing for eighteen months two years change it
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