Example sentences of "have been [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of completing the resurvey of the Coventry district , a comprehensive borehole and shaft database has been built up for the Nuneaton-Bedworth area by way of experiment . |
| 2 | A comprehensive borehole and shaft database has been built up for the Nuneaton-Bedworth area , by way of experiment , so that thematic maps can be produced when required , as well as a more advanced three-dimensional depiction of geological structure . |
| 3 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table — and final agreement was reached barely 48 hours before Wednesday 17 , opening day of the San Francisco event . |
| 4 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table . |
| 5 | 10–17 Jesus violates the taboo against healing on the sabbath by healing a woman who has been bent over for many years , justifying this on the grounds that it is even more urgent to help a fellow human being , a woman , than to rescue an animal that has fallen into a ditch ( an exception allowed under the law ) . |
| 6 | Gorazde , home to up to 70,000 residents and refugees , has been cut off for months and under fierce attack for 17 days . |
| 7 | Barclays Bank in Britain has been casting about for months for a chief executive . |
| 8 | A TEENAGER has been locked up for burgling the home of a mother-to-be . |
| 9 | ‘ Both of them play have represented Denmark at under-21 level while Morton has been called up for the senior squad . |
| 10 | A twenty year old man has been called in for a chat with an inspector . |
| 11 | Thus conservation has become a much more difficult and demanding area , but this has been made up for by an improvement in the scientific knowledge now available to the conservator . |
| 12 | The beginnings of this idea emerge well from a passage in The Lord of the Rings which has been singled out for especially ferocious criticism : the parting of Treebeard from Celeborn and Galadriel in The Return of the King , p. 259 : |
| 13 | This profound sense of destiny which has influenced her life gives her an intuitive awareness that she has been singled out for a special role . |
| 14 | There is one particular practice that has been singled out for special treatment and that is resale price maintenance . |
| 15 | Well it maybe , you see I 've had this , this has been hanging around for a month |
| 16 | This has been hanging about for a long , long time while I 've been on this and these people and they 're very special people I 've got this sword of hanging over my head . |
| 17 | Too much emotion has been bottled up for too long and in some firms the performance-reward link is seriously distorted . |
| 18 | We use this way in to stop people stealing what gear we have.Andy has been scratching around for a regular roof over his head for a year , ever since he lost his job and his home burned down in a fire . |
| 19 | Although this has been argued over for fifty years , the size of this ancient catastrophe now seems incontrovertible . |
| 20 | During recent years , demand has been building up for greatly increased facilities for full-time substitute care . |
| 21 | The £750,000 Payton has been ruled out for two weeks with a torn hamstring sustained in the FA Cup replay defeat by Portsmouth . |
| 22 | HARTLEPOOL United defender Keith Nobbs has been ruled out for four weeks . |
| 23 | ‘ Hodge has been ruled out for the season after an appendix operation , but I am confident Jones will do a good job . |
| 24 | It 's the latest run in in a dispute which has been rumbling on for some weeks betweenthe Post office and the National Communications union . |
| 25 | East Belfast-based midfielder Keery ( 28 ) has been holding out for a better deal than the one on offer . |
| 26 | If the property has been lived in for a long time with old carpets that have never been shampooed they can exude quite pungent odours . |
| 27 | Robert Taylor has been listening out for the sounds of an economic recovery |
| 28 | A first summit attempt by selected climbers has been pencilled in for between Friday and next Monday . |
| 29 | A tour has been pencilled in for November but , if you ca n't wait , Sean 's management would like to remind you that there 's a video around called Sean Hughes — Live And Seriously Funny . |
| 30 | However you organise your checking routine , it is crucial to present written work which has been checked over for spelling . |