Example sentences of "been [verb] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | THEY 'VE been making room for murder at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , Guildford this week , and proved that given the right stage , crime certainly does pay . |
| 32 | He had been playing centre-half for Clapton , alongside Denis Hill-Wood , son of the then Arsenal chairman , when he got a telegram from Clapton 's secretary Harry Kordell . |
| 33 | I 'd been playing slide for years and I found myself in a blues band . |
| 34 | The abattoir had been fighting closure for years after increased European competition began to hit . |
| 35 | The effect of this would have been to transfer responsibility for venue decisions from the magistrates to the prosecution , while preserving the defendant 's right to opt for jury trial . |
| 36 | He 'd been receiving treatment for depression and friends believe he committed suicide . |
| 37 | Mr Prais said the accused had been receiving treatment for depression at the State Hospital in Carstairs and the Crown 's view was that psychiatric help should be continued . |
| 38 | It was after the Revolution , however , that Herne , having been elected MP for Dartmouth on 28 November 1689 ( representing the constituency until his death ) , and knighted on 15 September 1690 , emerged to some prominence . |
| 39 | Heinz , 52 , an heir to the H. J. Heinz food fortune , had been elected senator for Pennsylvania in 1976 , following five years in the House of Representatives . |
| 40 | Get set for the Kielder Classic , the final race in the Moore Large Series of mountain biking events which have been raising money for Help the Aged throughout the year . |
| 41 | SIDT 's initial start-up funding and training support came from the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific ( FSP ) and for the last four years , the UK Foundation ( FSP/UK ) , based in Edinburgh , has been raising money for SIDT throughout Europe . |
| 42 | More than 30,000 pupils from 70 Wirral schools have been raising money for Winch , which expects to hand over a five-figure cheque to the national appeal the following Friday . |
| 43 | Dave said : ‘ I have been raising money for charities at Bidds for quite a few years . |