Example sentences of "has [been] [v-ing] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently not , for he has been thinking hard for months and his decision is now solid . |
| 2 | On top of this , the environmental time bomb that has been ticking away for years now seems ready to explode . |
| 3 | Martinez , another Spaniard , has been rising steadily for years and seems to be reaching her peak after a great three-set victory over Sabatini in the Rome final this month . |
| 4 | The man behind the take-over bid is understood to be a key figure in the Jersey tourist industry and has been trying unsuccessfully for years to get a Channel Island summer soccer tournament off the ground . |
| 5 | James Beggs , has been lobbying hard for money to build a fifth Shuttle-orbiter , and the academy 's assessment could help loosen the purse strings at the white House . |
| 6 | Cheshire 's chemical industry has been lobbying hard for cuts in electricity pricing . |
| 7 | Goering has been negotiating secretly for months . |
| 8 | The Church 's music can also be taken into the street and market-place , as the Salvation Army has been doing successfully for years . |
| 9 | In fact Arlene has been working here for years . ’ |
| 10 | The DSS has been arguing successfully for years that if a claimant was ignorant of his entitlement , that did not justify his failure to claim or justify his having a back payment . |
| 11 | The horse fair has been happening here for decades and it used to be a time of celebration when the market square at Stow was filled by a Fun fair aswell , but after a flare up last year the Fair 's owners wo n't be coming back . |
| 12 | The horse fair has been happening here for decades and it used to be a time of celebration when the market square at Stow was filled by a Fun fair aswell , but after a flare up last year the Fair 's owners wo n't be coming back . |