Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joking apart Kevin has been training for nearly a year . |
| 2 | Glover has been training for only five years , and many a famous name has yet to come within spitting distance of the race , so the achievement was remarkable . |
| 3 | Northern Ireland has been warring for over 20 years . |
| 4 | , 16 , who has been sailing for about seven years , said winning the championship was ‘ a surprise ’ . |
| 5 | Because if you do , you can not fail to be deeply impressed by the very many ways in which high-fibre foods can help you to slim , and to come to the conclusion that the F-Plan is that major slimming breakthrough everyone has been seeking for so long . |
| 6 | Danielle has been writing for only 12 or so . |
| 7 | Although the Funny Farm has been operating for just over a year it has had many bands through its doors already including The Proclaimers , The Silencers , Botany 5 , Kith ‘ n Kin , Avalon , Fini Tribe , Jools Holland and Nazareth . |
| 8 | It is argued that the traditional bureaucratic mechanistic structure that has been operating for so long can no longer cope with the dynamic environment that we now live in . |
| 9 | WRECS , which has been operating for almost a decade , now boasts a membership of more than 40 who attended the evening of festive fun at the Pavilion Club , Barlaston , complete with refreshments and cabaret . |
| 10 | For example , in one CSE mode three which has been operating for about ten years , the course objectives are divided into content and process . |
| 11 | The laboratory , at Evesham in Worcestershire , has been operating for more than forty years . |
| 12 | ‘ OPTIONS ’ has been running for over ten years in America , four years on the UK mainland and over two years in the province . |
| 13 | That is serious in view of the fact that the committee has been running for more than four years . |
| 14 | Hayes Machine Knitting Club has been running for quite a few years now and welcomes new members . |
| 15 | Yesterday , however , villagers were celebrating a decision which they hoped would mark the end of another local controversy which has been running for almost eight years . |
| 16 | Cray Computer says that at least one prototype has been running for about three weeks and hopes to have one ready to demonstrate by the end of this summer . |
| 17 | The independent Spanish magazine Piragüismo de las Autonomías has been running for about a year now . |
| 18 | Although the actual game has been going for over 65 years there was a slight change made in 1943 when the event became a charity match to raise funds for the specific purpose of the prevention of blindness . |
| 19 | Well you have to think , International Women 's Day has been going for just about a hundred years . |
| 20 | Erm I must confess to doubting whether such a pool of talent exists and I share the views er of the Noble Lord , Lord Motterstone who in a very powerful and commonsense speech made this point an and a number of other ones , but I have to say that what I do think exists is the temptation to create posts for friends of the Government , a process of which has been going for far too long and I mem and I wonder if er members on the other side would defend this position as my Noble Friend Lord Allen said earlier , quite sincerely if , say , another party were in power before when such a time arrives it will then be of little avail for them to run around complaining , for they will have sown the seeds of their own dissatisfaction . |
| 21 | The system has been working for about five years now , with never a hitch . |
| 22 | For one thing , the people elected Solidarity to govern and it has been governing for barely seven months . |
| 23 | My longcase clocks are entirely handcrafted , with brass and dial work , engraving , silvering , hand piercing and bluing , etc. … undertaken in association with Steve Kelly , the renowned Exeter clockmaker — who has been practising for more than 65 years — and other craft specialists . |
| 24 | An event that has been occurring for only five years before the enactment of the 1986 Act is of a more dubious standing . |
| 25 | Sixteen-year-old Michael , from Stowmarket , has been shooting for just over two years , and his dedication and practice paid off as he came a magnificent third place in the senior compound section . |
| 26 | Conservative support in the larger cities has been declining for more than 25 years . |
| 27 | That news will come as a welcome relief to the authority , which has been waiting for more than three months for a reply from the Home Secretary . |
| 28 | Doubts have continually dogged the potential deal between the bank — set up in the capital over two years ago with £26 million of institutional backing as a building society acquisition operation — and the Heart of England with which it has been talking for almost two years . |
| 29 | Hopefully , by the time read this , Silver Salmon will be well on the way towards completion of the major engine overhaul she has been longing for ever since our return from Denmark . |
| 30 | A survey of the career of Robert Ryman , the American artist noted for the white paintings which he has been making for nearly forty years , is the most significant exhibition of contemporary art to be taking place in London this spring . |