Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv] for many " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , various voluntary groups throughout the campus , the UK and abroad have come forward with names and addresses of active alumni , some of whom have been networking enthusiastically for many years outwith the official organisation of either the Graduates Association of the University . |
| 2 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 3 | Although this written account is extremely tenuous , patient archaeological excavations that have been going on for many years on Santorin are beginning to reveal a story to rival that of Pompeii . |
| 4 | Erm ironically after I wrote erm the letter was typed on Monday erm to Mr Mr the only lights that have been fixed since are the ones at the end of my street and the next street not as I complained about ones on the main road erm there 's an example that 's been going on for many months where a problem , an acknowledged problem of access existed which was the reason for delay but that as I understand it has been overcome some time ago now and it 's still there , this is a group of seven lights together , the lot , erm these lights are still out , they 're not in my ward in fact , they 're just . |
| 5 | Well I think what came out of it firstly , was thanks to people like you , a tremendous amount of publicity for a problem that is certainly not a new one , one that has been going on for many many years . |
| 6 | Later my surgeon was to tell me that the cancer had been growing away for many years . |
| 7 | Some have been used informally for many years , subjective assessments such as those made by parents , teachers , and librarians . |
| 8 | not freehold land freehold buildings we 've been depreciating now for many many years . |
| 9 | 10–17 Jesus violates the taboo against healing on the sabbath by healing a woman who has been bent over for many years , justifying this on the grounds that it is even more urgent to help a fellow human being , a woman , than to rescue an animal that has fallen into a ditch ( an exception allowed under the law ) . |
| 10 | It may seem incredible that they could have been remembered accurately for many decades , but the construction of skaldic verse was complex , and features such as the binding of pairs of lines by allit-eration , and rhyme and consonance within lines , perhaps facilitated the correct transmission of individual words . |
| 11 | ‘ I was sorry to see it go in a way , but on the other hand it 's been laid up for many years and now it 's going to give pleasure to other people . |
| 12 | A common problem in geographical information systems ( GIS ) , and one which has been known about for many years in the context of choropleth mapping , is that of producing maps from population data aggregated over selected arbitrary areal units . |
| 13 | Little by little you will start to release any unnecessary tension that may have been stored unknowingly for many years . |
| 14 | For him the Dutch Texel is the original Texel ; it comes from the island of Texel and has been bred there for many generations . |
| 15 | Ideally , the EC Commission would step in with a way to prevent the disruption of trade ; but it has been trying unsuccessfully for many months to steer a directive on packaging waste through the council of ministers . |
| 16 | It is an idea the Pru has been working on for many years , and Mr Lawrence has been at the forefront of the plans . |