Example sentences of "been [verb] for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called a meeting of senior Cabinet members and energy ministers in an attempt to get agreement on the proposed white paper on energy , which has been delayed for more than two months . |
| 2 | Is n't this what you 've been angling for ever since we crashed ? |
| 3 | ( In fact it is Grade II starred because it has been inhabited for more than 1,000 years . ) |
| 4 | What hostility did not do was deflect him from his purpose , so that by the time the regime fell in 1870 Paris had been altered for ever and bore the mark of Napoleon III . |
| 5 | I waited ; a pick-up had been arranged for 5.30pm and I was certain it would not fail me . |
| 6 | They had been walking for less than ten minutes when it began to spit . |
| 7 | This competition is open to anyone who has been trading for less than three years ( ie since May 1989 ) . |
| 8 | The laboratory , at Evesham in Worcestershire , has been operating for more than forty years . |
| 9 | With the disposal of the eight Lilley subsidiaries now completed , Price Waterhouse reported that employment has been secured for more than 70 per cent of the Lilley Group 's 2,800 employees . |
| 10 | At least , something which has not been seen for more than 20 years . |
| 11 | The things they are being tested for are all those we 've been training for up until this time . |
| 12 | Of course , aspects of social life have been measured for almost as long as history . |
| 13 | The one we 've been waiting for ever since we found the Worm . ’ |
| 14 | AT LAST it 's here — the God-forsaken rumble the world 's been waiting for ever since it became clear just how deadly a live phenomenon the Rolins Band are . |
| 15 | AT LAST it 's here — the God-forsaken rumble the world 's been waiting for ever since it became clear just how deadly a live phenomenon the Rolins Band are . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The House may be interested to know that , because we were seeking to look at the effect of NHS management reforms over the first six months , we did not draw attention to the fact that the number of people who have been waiting for more than one year on in-patient lists is 37 per cent . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend may remember that , in 1980 , a quarter of a million people had been waiting for more than two months for telephones to be connected . |
| 19 | They 've all been waiting for more than 2 years for plastic surgery at Stoke Mandeville hospital near Aylesbury . |
| 20 | Conservative support in the larger cities has been declining for more than 25 years . |
| 21 | Perhaps one of the most important groups for the stimulation of change is that which falls between these two poles : those teachers who I would see as belonging to the 25 to 35 year-old age group , or perhaps those who have not been teaching for more than six , or less than three , years . |
| 22 | We have now been marching for more than four hours , it 's still very dark . |
| 23 | The hut had been cared for inside as well as out and it was being used . |
| 24 | With only a few more bribing days left before the general election and in view of the fact that the House has been televised for more than two years , will the Prime Minister tell us whether he is prepared to take part in televised debates during the general election campaign with the Leader of the Opposition — yes or no ? |
| 25 | Had he worked part-time as a traffic clerk or been employed for less than two years by Humberside Heavy Haulage , Peter would not have been entitled to a redundancy payment . |
| 26 | It had been driven for more than thirty miles before being dumped in Chisledon near Swindon . |
| 27 | Experiments to find vine clones best suited to the solumological and climatical conditions of Champagne have been continuing for more than twenty years . |
| 28 | That is serious in view of the fact that the committee has been running for more than four years . |
| 29 | However , many trusts have been running for less than five years . |
| 30 | In 1984–5 , most of the courses in all institutions had been running for less than five years , though about a third of courses in Colleges , including nearly half the B Ed Primary courses had been operating in the way described for more than five years . |