Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [be] running for " in BNC.

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1 The figures were much the same after the experiment had been running for three months , but 83% thought the experiment should continue .
2 This was interesting ; some tritium was occurring naturally in the heavy water and when they measured the tritium levels after the experiment had been running for some hours they found that the tritium level had dropped .
3 Mark Turnball , one of the business partners behind Lemmings , said the firm had been running for two years , organising events in many parts of the country .
4 AAIB investigation showed that the main rotor drive had been running for a period with the chain displaced downwards on the large sprocket ( ie.e in the axial direction of the sprocket ) approximately half a tooth .
5 In 1984–5 , most of the courses in all institutions had been running for less than five years , though about a third of courses in Colleges , including nearly half the B Ed Primary courses had been operating in the way described for more than five years .
6 Unit trust savings schemes had been running for 20 years , but investment trust savings schemes did not start until 1984 .
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