Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 2 | Jarvis , 51 , who is the son of a jump jockey , has been training for 21 years and Carroll House 's victory was by far his most important . |
| 3 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 4 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 5 | It 's lovely to receive your letters — the post has been taking about 11–14 days to get here and most of the letters appear to have been opened , but have arrived safely nevertheless . |
| 6 | In fact , like the many German towns vying with one another in the Eighties , Nîmes decided on the building before it even had a collection to put into it , and since 1984 it has been buying in three areas with assistance from funds specially designated by the State for regional museums to collect contemporary works : French art from 1960 to 1990 , with the Nouveau Réalisme and Figuration Libre via the Support-Surface movement ; the Mediterranean scene , with art from southern France , Spain and Italy , with Arte Povera and the Transavanguardia , and represented by artists such as Jose Maria Sicilia , Miquel Barcelo , Susanna Solano , Janis Kounellis , Mario Merz , Giuseppe Penone and Enzo Cucchi ; a taste of English and German tendencies , with Richard Long , Hamish Fulton , Gerhard Richter , Imi Knoebel , Helmut Dorner and others . |
| 7 | Print Quarterly , based in London , has been publishing for ten years . |
| 8 | SIR — The fact that Steve Redfern has been trying for six years to resume playing rugby union after playing rugby league ( Daily Telegraph , April 2 ) shows that union is a more enjoyable game . |
| 9 | The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race . |
| 10 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 11 | Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him . |
| 12 | Rick has been teaching for twelve years and is Head of Mathematics in a boys ' secondary modern school in a small town , with an intake mainly from middle-class homes . |
| 13 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 14 | Jill Jones seems to fall into that category ( she has been teaching for seven years ) . |
| 15 | Katie Englehart , the illiterate wife of an American farmer , has been healing for fifteen years . |
| 16 | Faith also has been flying for twenty years . |
| 17 | ‘ We can hear the phones , and it saves a trek downstairs , ’ says Sheila , who has been smoking for 25 years . |
| 18 | Women , Art and Society is a synthesis of work that has been progressing for twenty years about women and the visual arts . |
| 19 | She has been childminding for eight years now and has gained an extremely good reputation . |
| 20 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 21 | Evidence for the effect of tax relief on private health insurance premiums for the over 60s is fairly secure since the scheme has been operating for two years . |
| 22 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
| 23 | Grendon has been operating for 30 years and Judge Stephen Tumim 's report , published today , praises them for their standards of humanity , care and dignity . |
| 24 | A computer retailer has been operating for three years under the name of " COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SALES " and has a chain of stores in the South of England . |
| 25 | Mr Vasarhelyi , who has been drawing for 30 years , has also just finished a collection of World Wide Fund for Nature stamps for export to Italy and Iceland . |
| 26 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
| 27 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 28 | THE national lottery may be new in the UK but in Spain the big gamble game has been running for 180 years . |
| 29 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |
| 30 | Take the High Road , which has been running for 13 years , does n't make the ratings tables because it is not slotted in a peak viewing time across the country . |