Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [prep] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We been saving for months ! |
| 2 | ‘ 63 teams from all over the UK took part , and it was clear that many had been training for months . |
| 3 | Both crews have been training for months . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Back down to Earth , and having been grumbling for months about high prices and offhand service I decided last week to try TGI FRIDAY 's AMERICAN BISTRO just newly opened in Gordon Street , Glasgow . |
| 6 | Dubrovnik has been suffering for months in the Yugoslavian civil war . |
| 7 | She was not unexpected ; she had been coming for months . |
| 8 | The family had been preparing for months . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , heightened expectations of the imminent release of Nelson Mandela had been fuelled by remarks on Jan. 8 by his wife Winnie Mandela , who said after a three-hour visit to his prison bungalow that " I do n't think that we are talking about months any longer " . |
| 10 | Students at Somerville College have been fighting for months to keep men out or their college . |
| 11 | This study included EEG/EOG recordings during sleep , and it is interesting to compare the sort of sleep that these subjects were getting after months of sleep reduction with subjects who have reduced sleep for briefer periods of time . |
| 12 | Mr Wolski knew already that the old eagle had been ailing for months now and that three weeks ago they had finally taken her out of her cage and into the veterinary block to see if there was anything they could do for her . |
| 13 | It could have been leaking for months . |
| 14 | Murray said : ‘ We have been trying for months to sign the right sort of player to replace Joe Allon . |
| 15 | ‘ Your uncle Orrin tells us that you have been missing for months , not travelling with the Parslows as we thought , and when you surface again you have the gall to question us . ’ |