Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the discovery that the Tramways Department had effectively been subsidising the Illuminations for years , a completely new Illuminations Department was set up in 1936 under Freddie Field . |
| 2 | I 've been using the Strats for four or five years ; it 's nice to have that more defined sound , and more variety of tone than the Ibanez and Gibsons I used to use . |
| 3 | Richard , who started work at the University in 1969 as assistant cook in the halls of residence , has been Assistant Catering Manager since 1973 , based at the Revis Barber and Dennis Bellamy Halls , where his deputy , head cook Ian Wade has been ruling the kitchens for 24 years . |
| 4 | Self taught , Albert , who is a relative of George Barron , of BBC TV 's Beechgrove Garden fame , has been tending the gardens for 16 years and has been a consistent winner in the gardens competition over the years . |
| 5 | Norwegian scientists who have been testing the seas for several years have yet to detect any significant radioactive contaminating of fish , but they have not yet tested the water near the dumping sites . |
| 6 | He 's been feeding the birds for twenty years , and he still finds it exciting . |
| 7 | on a limited number of schemes we have been doing the estimates for four or five years |
| 8 | For days Mr Hurd has been criticising the Israelis for the harsh treatment of the Palestinians , so it was only politic of the government here to invite him to the Yadvashim memorial to the Holocaust . |
| 9 | This is a mixed blessing for those of us who have been tramping the mountains for years . |
| 10 | ‘ The Robemaker must have been taking the Trees for years . ’ |
| 11 | Protestors have been fighting the plans for two months . |
| 12 | Writers , poets and bards had been telling the stories for centuries but it was not until the Victorians that a visual interpretation was recorded and that was essentially romantic and ill-informed . |
| 13 | They 'd been watching the premises for several months . |
| 14 | Had n't she been watching the models for weeks and dying for a chance to imitate them ? |
| 15 | I have been following the Ports for 30 years now , home and away , continually watching them getting thrashed week in , week out . |
| 16 | The Home Secretary , Sir Samuel Hoare , noted that any influx of refugees from the continent might bring together the political extremes — the fascists who had been attacking the Jews for three years and the communists and other left-wing elements who might argue that Jewish refugees were taking away Gentile employment . |