Example sentences of "[been] running for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since his recovery , he 's been running for the Cancer Research Campaign . |
| 2 | It has also been running for the past three weeks against The Free Frenchman , which may turn out to be a turbo-tortoise but which started as the turn off of the week . |
| 3 | In 1984 opinion polls showed that Ronald Reagan would have been decisively defeated had he been running for re-election in Britain . |
| 4 | Unit trust savings schemes had been running for 20 years , but investment trust savings schemes did not start until 1984 . |
| 5 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 6 | The figures were much the same after the experiment had been running for three months , but 83% thought the experiment should continue . |
| 7 | A number of experiments on bone modification in soil have been initiated , but they have only been running for five years and so far there is no good evidence of any change . |
| 8 | Once the scheme has been running for 20 years or more , claimants will not build up any more 80ths . |
| 9 | Among the host of popular classes that have been running for several years — upholstery , art , body conditioning , keep fit , body talk , jazz dance , electronic organ , and two levels of French — there are also the more recent additions of appreciation of poetry , yoga for beginners and dressmaking . |
| 10 | The Hagen Biolife filter in our office tank has been running for a few weeks now , and one or two little problems have shown up . |
| 11 | The tank is 60″ × 24″ × 18″ and has been running for twelve weeks . |
| 12 | AAIB investigation showed that the main rotor drive had been running for a period with the chain displaced downwards on the large sprocket ( ie.e in the axial direction of the sprocket ) approximately half a tooth . |
| 13 | THE national lottery may be new in the UK but in Spain the big gamble game has been running for 180 years . |
| 14 | However , many trusts have been running for less than five years . |
| 15 | Both have now been running for over 12 months , and the operating figures indicate that in addition to encouraging returns from food sales , drink sales have increased by approximately 10 per cent . |
| 16 | It turned out that he was a heavy drinker and smoker , who had not been running for about the last 20 years . |
| 17 | This was interesting ; some tritium was occurring naturally in the heavy water and when they measured the tritium levels after the experiment had been running for some hours they found that the tritium level had dropped . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Mark Turnball , one of the business partners behind Lemmings , said the firm had been running for two years , organising events in many parts of the country . |
| 20 | Since his recovery , he 's been running for the Cancer Research Campaign . |
| 21 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 22 | Hayes Machine Knitting Club has been running for quite a few years now and welcomes new members . |
| 23 | While everyone was careful to avoid the word ‘ black ’ in their statements , the fact remains that the ‘ minority ’ workshop , which was overseen by one Ramona Edelin of the National Urban Coalition , an urban action organisation founded in 1967 , was really a reflection on the efforts of some of the black inspired programmes that have been running for years in America . |
| 24 | For a start there were the Trumper 's advertisements on TV — a whole series of them , which had been running for years . |
| 25 | For example in the case of deep bed undergravel filters that have been running for years , a gravel cleaner is attached to the intake of the power filter and as the gravel is hoovered the mulm is trapped in the filter and clean water returned to the tank . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's been running for a bookie again , Sarah . |
| 27 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Can I just draw people 's attention to the very last point which was made in case any one sending large sums of cash through the post office , erm , it , it 's been running for a long time |
| 30 | This new magazine is modelled on the successful ‘ English Civil War Notes & Queries ’ which has been running for several years . |