Example sentences of "been [verb] the [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The two militia leaders had been boycotting the Cabinet for several months . |
| 32 | The chief executives of the three firms have been discussing the plan for five months and have now handed over the task of implementing the grand design to their operating systems managers . |
| 33 | The chief executives of the three firms have been discussing the plan for five months and have now handed over the task of implementing the grand design to their operating systems managers . |
| 34 | Victoria Hernandez , telecommunications analyst for InfoCorp Europe , Paris , said the French and Swiss operators had been discussing the agreement for some time , trying to iron out the administrative problems involved . |
| 35 | Having completed our ‘ good for us ’ walk , we settled down by one of the two huge log fires with our paperbacks in the happy anticipation that tea would arrive promptly at four and would consist of improbably thinly cut home-made bread and butter and other bakings , whose smell had been pervading the lounge for some time with forecasts of gratifications to come . |
| 36 | Only as the car was crunching softly to a halt in the gravel of the yard did Charlotte ask suddenly , but in a tone so subdued as to suggest that she had been contemplating the question for some time , and refrained from asking it only for fear of the answer : |
| 37 | One of the first rules of house and hall parties had been to scout the building for dark corners that might make useful retiring-places if the evening went well — preference was given to anywhere that had a lock on the inside . |
| 38 | I have been following the Ports for 30 years now , home and away , continually watching them getting thrashed week in , week out . |
| 39 | The Home Secretary , Sir Samuel Hoare , noted that any influx of refugees from the continent might bring together the political extremes — the fascists who had been attacking the Jews for three years and the communists and other left-wing elements who might argue that Jewish refugees were taking away Gentile employment . |
| 40 | He 's been visiting the home for three years now . |