Example sentences of "been [verb] for [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below them , a large group of human subjects had been circling for hours around a roller rink set among the trees . |
| 2 | The Holgate school is a split-site Comprehensive in Hucknall , Nottinghamshire Information skills curricula have been developed for pupils throughout the school and are closely linked to the use of new technology . |
| 3 | A similar explanation has been given for imbalances in the rodent fauna from the Pliocene at Laetoli , Tanzania ( Denys , 1985,1986 ) . |
| 4 | Disabled people from all over the country have been competing for honours in a carriage driving contest . |
| 5 | We have been struggling for years with an inadequate meat hygiene inspection system and we need , as soon as possible , to replace it with a centralised system that will guarantee high standards and uniform costs . |
| 6 | The disk has been checked for viruses by the UK Computer Virus Certification Centre , based at the University of Bradford . |
| 7 | The disk has been checked for viruses by the UK Computer Virus Certification Centre , based at the University of Bradford . |
| 8 | The first is that some cricketers have been cheating for years in a most blatant manner . |
| 9 | Prediction is inaccurate , and one is reminded that economic recovery has been forecast for years by a party in government that is supposed to have great financial expertise . |
| 10 | A fun packed day has been organised for visitors to the Group 's carnival day on Sunday 1 August at the Barlaston sports ground . |
| 11 | A lot of people started handing in pellet guns and antique muzzle-loaders they 've been keeping for years without a licence . |
| 12 | The Fed 's policy-making Open Market Committee met last Wednesday to set monetary growth goals for the second quarter and since then punters have been looking for signs of a massive rate cut . |
| 13 | I have been looking for ages for a Victorian birdbath , without much success . |
| 14 | Environmental groups have been lobbying for years about the issue . |
| 15 | In addition , they help to explain why it is that the average length of custody imposed by the higher courts is a historically proven index of prison population generally , once allowance has been made for changes in the level of recorded crime ( Home Office , 1956 ; but cf. |
| 16 | Overall British backing for the relationship was apparently marginally less in 1963 ( 67 per cent ) than in 1952 , though when allowance has been made for differences in the questions asked it would seem that the proportion who were strongly pro-American had actually increased . |
| 17 | A fresh appeal 's been made for witnesses to the murder of teenager who was stabbed to death at a social services office . |
| 18 | b ) Arrangements have been made for repairs to the footway between Nos 540 and 580 Lanark Road . |
| 19 | Many have been living for years in a shadowy , illegal world , doing the jobs that affluent Japanese now shun . |
| 20 | There is even a copy of the program Chaos , which has been written for beginners as a heuristic aid for designing organic synthesis . |
| 21 | Yes , we had both been searching for years for a place like this , well away from urban life with some land and outbuildings . |
| 22 | The shape and musculature of a dolphin do not alone account for its speed and swimming efficiency , and biologists have long been searching for features of the skin which may explain the mysteries of the dolphin 's swimming prowess . |
| 23 | In R. v. Jordan ( 1967 ) Jordan , who had been sentenced for offences under the Race Relations Act 1965 , applied for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that he had been convicted under an invalid law . |
| 24 | Airline stocks , which have been surging for months on a series of high-stakes takeovers , declined after one potential target , US Air , declared lower than expected earnings . |
| 25 | The Master of the Armouries , curator of Britain 's historic arms and armour collection , who is hell-bent on creating just such a hybrid and abandoning the ancient Tower of London where it has been housed for centuries for a purpose-built , speculative complex in Leeds , is risking a gargantuan version of the ‘ Sporting Glory ’ fiasco , with the extra twist that if his project fails , his objects will have no home to go back to . |
| 26 | I 've been lying for hours in the dark and thinking . |
| 27 | IDG World Expo is trying to pull together a Unix Fair ‘ 93/Tokyo for December 8 to 10 at the Pacifico Yokohama and has been touting for prospects for the show at UniForum . |
| 28 | A RARE Chinese vase worth up to £100,000 has been used for years as a flowerpot . |
| 29 | The motif was most probably introduced into Persia from China — where it had been used for centuries as a symbol of peace and tranquillity — and has subsequently been adapted to fulfil both the schematic and symbolic requirements of Islamic weavers . |
| 30 | It 's been used for centuries in the crafting of Buddhist religious statues and the grain is absolutely spectacular . |