Example sentences of "[verb] been [verb] for [num] " in BNC.

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1 Erm the issue is is that potentially you could be goi we could 've been going for four point three extra people and we probably wo n't do that .
2 That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution .
3 An open meeting has been arranged for 11 a.m. on Tuesday 29th October in Room 29 ( Upstairs Lab ) .
4 A meeting has been arranged for two representatives from each institute owning their own halls at the W I centre in Chelmsford on Monday the twenty first October from ten until twelve noon noon .
5 And finally , not on the green sheet , I will tell you , to put you all out of your misery , that tea has been arranged for six thirty .
6 Following the very successful session with at the January Q.T. Day a further programme has been arranged for 7 July at the ( the venue to be confirmed ) .
7 10 IN-SERVICE DAYS Teaching the Elderly , this day has been arranged for 12 May — London venue to be notified later .
8 Charlemagne , a little book which has been written for 12 to 16 year olds ( but suitable for all ages ) would make an ideal present .
9 Jarvis , 51 , who is the son of a jump jockey , has been training for 21 years and Carroll House 's victory was by far his most important .
10 The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million .
11 The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million .
12 Fullback Marty Roebuck continues to be in the wars and suffered a broken jaw in a pre-season club trial , while Test hooker Phil Kearns has been sidelined for three weeks with knee trouble .
13 Mary has been retired for eight years after 33 years ' service in the Bank at Scarinish .
14 Print Quarterly , based in London , has been publishing for ten years .
15 The rheidity of ice is a few weeks , that of salt about a year , but igneous rocks will only exhibit rheid flow after a stress has been applied for hundreds of years , in the case of deeply buried rocks subject to elevated temperatures , or tens of thousands of years for rocks at the surface .
16 Interferon has been given for 24 weeks or longer in a few , mainly Mediterranean , studies ( response rates 26% to 70% ) .
17 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 .
18 Ministers will continue to review every case where a life sentence prisoner has been detained for 10 years .
19 The lowest level of the main stair with its related rear hall , a large L-plan bedroom with en suite bathroom and a utility room , while the top storey has been reserved for two more bedrooms and a further bathroom .
20 SIR — The fact that Steve Redfern has been trying for six years to resume playing rugby union after playing rugby league ( Daily Telegraph , April 2 ) shows that union is a more enjoyable game .
21 The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race .
22 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 .
23 Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him .
24 Sometimes when Tuffers has been hit for four , he has immediately asked for a fielder to be moved to plug the gap .
25 Since 1973 , in Columbus , Georgia , a death sentence has been sought for 43.8 per cent of those accused of killing a white female and only 2.6 per cent of those accused of killing a black female .
26 Opinion : ‘ … it will not be known until Sizewell B has been operating for some years whether the PWR will become the established nuclear option that has been sought for 30 years . ’
27 Rick has been teaching for twelve years and is Head of Mathematics in a boys ' secondary modern school in a small town , with an intake mainly from middle-class homes .
28 Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration .
29 Jill Jones seems to fall into that category ( she has been teaching for seven years ) .
30 ‘ When a golf course has been played for 15 years , as The Belfry had , it begins to show certain areas where improvements can be made by fine-tuning .
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