Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [v-ing] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tank has an undergravel filter and a internal filter and has been running problem-free for about four months . |
| 2 | I hear you say , DTP has been doing that for years Yes — but moving ones ? |
| 3 | People living near a rubbish tip which has been burning unchecked for six weeks fear their health is at risk . |
| 4 | A privately owned half-timbered cottage ( mostly 16th-century ) with pantiled roof and porches , it has been standing empty for years |
| 5 | My husband has been practising dying for years . |
| 6 | Jill is 60 , and , since she retired early from her job as a dinner lady , has been caring full-time for her 90-year-old bedridden mother and for her husband who has Parkinson 's disease . |
| 7 | The farmers from this village own land in the Buffer Zone that has been lying fallow for fourteen years , but which is now being opened up . |
| 8 | ‘ But it 's a lot of money for something which has been lying dead for twelve years . ’ |
| 9 | Fleet Street , which has been spending millions for years trying get the formula right , holds the opposite point of view . |
| 10 | If the tool has be lying idle for some months it is likely the charge has partially drained , so it is a good idea to regularly use these tools . |
| 11 | Well he should change his jumper , he 's been wearing that for about two weeks now . |
| 12 | It 's been going ongoing for eighteen months two years change it |
| 13 | And I think Peter 's been saying this for almost well since he 's come back anyway that , I ca n't work because the stock figures have not been updated . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's been standing empty for a couple of years . |