Example sentences of "[noun prp] has been [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goering has been negotiating secretly for months . |
| 2 | Jean has been teaching there for 24 years . |
| 3 | In fact Arlene has been working here for years . ’ |
| 4 | The DSS has been arguing successfully for years that if a claimant was ignorant of his entitlement , that did not justify his failure to claim or justify his having a back payment . |
| 5 | The total number of books published in the UK has been rising relentlessly for over 10 years , but 1993 should herald a change in strategy from major publishers : Random House , HarperCollins and Reed Consumer Books are among companies to have announced that they are substantially reducing the number of titles that they will be publishing in 1993 . |
| 6 | The aerospace team in Celomer has been working hard for the last nine years to get Deutsche Airbus approval for paints supplied from Celomer , and one year ago Celomer secured the first 100 tons contract . |