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

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1 He says I have been flying for four years .
2 I have been flying for twenty years and doing aerobatics for ten years , having been taught to fly by my celebrated husband Tim , of Nealey Air Shows , in Chicago .
3 ‘ An accumulation of socioeconomic problems that have been developing for 25 years are closing in on blacks like a vice , ’ says veteran African-American author and social theorist Harold Cruse .
4 Two hundred and eight golf professionals — some reigning champions , others young rookies — have been competing for 50 places on next season 's full European Tour .
5 Two hundred and eight golf professionals — some reigning champions , others young rookies — have been competing for 50 places on next season 's full European Tour .
6 The trouble is my boyfriend , with whom I have been living for six months , thinks I should use the money to pay off our overdraft .
7 Volunteers such as the receptionist form the backbone of the hospice and volunteer sitters have been helping for five years .
8 Japanese share prices have been falling for three years and have more than halved in value since the peaks reached in 1989 .
9 We have been negotiating for eight years with the Faroese authorities in an effort to get them to stop , without success .
10 They are part of a BMS Action Team and have been working for six months of mission in France .
11 In France , where I have been working for two years , the government understands the need for cultural things .
12 ‘ I have been working for 19 months and was on the dole for five years before that , ’ he said .
13 McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer .
14 Certainly that was Donat 's experience , writing from the set of Perfect Strangers ( 1945 ) : ‘ No script to go on — just a mass of blarney from A. K. Our first complete script arrived five days ago — we have been filming for sixteen weeks !
15 The schools , which cater for boys aged from 11 to 14 , have been going for five years now and are organised by Robbie Walker , Tottenham 's representative in Northern Ireland .
16 ‘ I have been going for 18 years and you get fan-tastic value for money , ’ he said .
17 Micropal measures volatility for all unit trusts which have been going for three years .
18 Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted .
19 POLICE in Craigavon are searching for two teenage girls who have been missing for five days .
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