Example sentences of "many have been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 63 teams from all over the UK took part , and it was clear that many had been training for months . |
| 2 | Many had been decomposing for several weeks . |
| 3 | When Luxembourg finally admitted what many had been saying for years , that it wants a federal EC , British federalists tried to pretend that the Luxembourgers do not mean federal when they say ‘ federal ’ . |
| 4 | Here was an opportunity many had been waiting for . |
| 5 | Many have been living for years in a shadowy , illegal world , doing the jobs that affluent Japanese now shun . |