Example sentences of "he [vb -s] be [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 4 | He has been writing for some time , starting with horror , and has more recently turned to the psychological thriller . |
| 5 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 6 | Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years . |
| 7 | Geraldine , who worked as accounts clerk at Yarmouth Marine Base left to accompany her RAF husband to Cyprus where he has been posted for three years . |
| 8 | When Ellcock announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the age of 216 after Middlesex 's pre-season tour to Portugal , he was finally admitting defeat in a struggle to overcome back problems he has been fighting for much of his 10-year career . |
| 9 | Mr Boris Yeltsin , the president of Russia , may have won the battle , but he has not yet won the war he has been fighting for more than half a year with the Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 10 | He has been banned for six months after being sent off in the Royal Liver League final replay against Donegal . |
| 11 | No individual can sell or receive commission on investment business , unless he has been working for that same Company for at least five continuous years . |
| 12 | Unfortunately John Scott Morgan had to postpone his planned October talk ( but he has been booked for next May , see below ) . |
| 13 | He 's just joined the Squadron but he 's been flying for two years . ’ |
| 14 | No in fact he 's not , he 's been arrested for some other crime . |
| 15 | Now he 's been banned for another 12 months at Banbury , Oxfordshire . |
| 16 | He 's been going for three hours . |
| 17 | So I should n't think he 's been driving for some time and |
| 18 | Now we 've got three points there it 's probably they they give you four here so we 'll do another one erm , when he 's been travelling for five hours how far 's he gone ? |
| 19 | Erm if he 's another easy one is if he 's been travelling for one hour how far has he gone ? |
| 20 | The distance he 's travelled is equal to sixty miles per hour times the number of hours , he 's been travelling for okay ? |
| 21 | And if he 's been travelling for ten hours , how far 's he gone ? |