Example sentences of "[been] [verb] for a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd been looking for a fairly young product which had a range of merchandise to allow a shop to stand on its own two feet . |
| 3 | Some have been living for a disconcertingly long time in museums ; but once doubted , the evidence of inadequacy in a fake is quite often soon in coming . |
| 4 | British trade unionists have therefore been pushing for a slightly different wording that European Works Council Representatives should be elected by current workers ' representatives wherever they exist . |
| 5 | Anyhow , it had been going for a very short time , not very satisfactory , because none of us really were very successful with our machine , and then a … messenger came in to say that a [ radio ] taxi driver had come into No. 10 to say he 's heard everything going on in his taxi in Whitehall . |
| 6 | The phrase ‘ community participation ’ has been used for a much longer time . |
| 7 | In addition , however , funding has recently been approved for a much more ambitious scheme — the Earth Observing System ( EOS ) . |
| 8 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |
| 9 | The as I said this , this is required for identification for the organism , but the to the toxin has been recognised for a very , very long time and right from er , the early days the possibility of inactivating the biological properties of a toxin while retaining their immunological properties has been attractive to people seeking to prevent these diseases . |
| 10 | It 's been known for a very long time that from these cases you can isolate this organism C diphtheria bacterium which you saw in the practical classes and has this distinctive stayed property where er certain granules can be stayed up and also the arrangement of the cells is rather reminiscent of what called Chinese lettering . |
| 11 | There is no simple answer but it is generally advisable to describe the disappointments in broad terms as they affect the whole school ( ‘ the LEA has been unable to grant our request for extra welfare assistance ’ ) and present the successes individually but anonymously ( ‘ through the efforts of the governors a reading aid has been provided for a partially sighted pupil ’ ) . |
| 12 | They have even been mistaken for a very loose cluster , though in fact they are not really associated with each other . |
| 13 | Mr Deukmejian , who was elected governor in 1982 , has been trying for a mighty long time to get the death penalty enforced in California . |
| 14 | Woodland has , therefore , been managed for a very long time and we shall examine this further in a moment . |