Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been living here for seven years but now they are being inundated by refuse . |
| 2 | The Revenue treat the separation as likely to be permanent if the parties have been living apart for one year ( Pinson on Revenue Law , 17th edn , para 38 – 04 ) . |
| 3 | As most people in South Africa know , they have been living apart for some while — ostensibly on security grounds . |
| 4 | Colleagues , the Parliament of the European Community and of the United Kingdom have seriously considered the consequences of the spillage of eighty five thousand tons of oil from oil tanker which ran aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands on the fifth of January nineteen ninety three and for a considerable time socialists of the European Parliament have been complaining incessantly for greater safety at sea . |
| 5 | ‘ I have been coming here for nine years and have a feel for the heart of the city and this song says it all . ’ |
| 6 | I have been waiting only for that so that I might go . ’ |
| 7 | Although we have been going there for 10 years the excitement of seeing all our friends will never ever die and I hope it is going to stay a good , clean Holiday site for many years . |
| 8 | Since then , various voluntary groups throughout the campus , the UK and abroad have come forward with names and addresses of active alumni , some of whom have been networking enthusiastically for many years outwith the official organisation of either the Graduates Association of the University . |