Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [noun sg] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a process which had been gathering momentum for some time and has continued since . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , a working party report urging positive action on equal opportunities by the Scottish Law Society has been gathering dust for more than a year . |
| 3 | In closing the hospitals the health authority has been purchasing care for those people that let you care for them in a variety of settings and support . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on . |
| 5 | Doreen Copas had to be reminded that she had been teaching Medau for all of 25 years by her Herts and Cambs colleagues and class members ; they presented her with a generous gift of garden tokens on the occasion of the Westhampstead Rally . |
| 6 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 7 | Closures of railway lines had been taking place for many years , accelerated by the growing availability of cars in the 1950s . |
| 8 | Britain would now be in the fortunate position of having had , in 1991 , nothing worse than a shallow and short-lived recession , from which a smart recovery would already have been taking place for several quarters , with no balance of payments constraint and little rise in unemployment . |
| 9 | He could have been composing rubbish for all I was competent to judge , yet that possibility did not enter my head . |