Example sentences of "it has been [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
| 3 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |
| 4 | ‘ In Basildon only 32 out of 8,000 homes were sold and in Scotland where it has been running for two years only 223 out of 6,000 tenants have bought houses . |
| 5 | It has been playing for more than a year at the group 's Palace Theatre in Manchester , and the Playhouse has taken more than £1 million in advance bookings for it since the box office opened last week . |
| 6 | It has been occurring for many years and has been embodied in legislation such as the Housing Acts of 1935 and 1957 , although numbers of sales have fluctuated considerably according to the political complexions of the government of the day . |
| 7 | We knew of its existence from a photograph taken in the 1850s , but it has been missing for 150 years . |