Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [v-ing] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexandra Palace and Park , the latest company willing to take up the baton , has been administering a relaunch for the premises through the offices of Bizat , a genial exhibitions and catering specialist , who had been at the place only 11 weeks , in 1980 , when afire near the great organ gutted much of it and necessitated major reconstruction . |
| 2 | From the moment he left your home on his quest he has been leaving a trail for you to follow ; not of pebbles , not of bread or coloured beads ; a trail of memory , of image like blood , like a scent ; something that you have always known even though so often it seemed to you that you did not recognize it . ’ |
| 3 | She has been doing a voice-over for a commercial for a magazine today , which will keep her mind off her problems . ’ |
| 4 | Her adopted father , Arthur Harrison , also of North Green , Staindrop , has been keeping a vigil for the daughter he has barely spoken to since she was 17 . |
| 5 | He 's been writing a column for the Sunday Express , occupying the space most famously enjoyed by John Junor , the laird of Auchtermuchty . |
| 6 | ‘ Because she 's still fixated with her idea that Old Red 's been carrying a torch for your aunt for years , and it 's now burst into a fine new flame . |