Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a process which had been gathering momentum for some time and has continued since . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , a working party report urging positive action on equal opportunities by the Scottish Law Society has been gathering dust for more than a year . |
| 3 | Second , almost three-quarters of these interviewees had been using heroin for two years or less by the start of the prevalence study period . |
| 4 | In closing the hospitals the health authority has been purchasing care for those people that let you care for them in a variety of settings and support . |
| 5 | Tenants in a house at Brockworth near Gloucester , who say they 've been paying rent for six months , barracaded themselves in when they heard they were being evicted because their landlord had defaulted on his mortgage . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on . |
| 7 | Doreen Copas had to be reminded that she had been teaching Medau for all of 25 years by her Herts and Cambs colleagues and class members ; they presented her with a generous gift of garden tokens on the occasion of the Westhampstead Rally . |
| 8 | Six patients are still alive and have been undergoing tratment for 5.5–24 months ( median 15 months ) . |
| 9 | The force was regarded as a necessary guarantee to deter incursions by the Iraqi army into the zone of northern Iraq where coalition troops had from April until July been providing protection for Iraqi Kurds [ see pp. 38127-28 ; 38211 ; 38308 ] . |
| 10 | It had been losing money for 3 years . |
| 11 | Siobhan has been losing weight for two years . |
| 12 | The Channel Ten broadcasting deal shocked the Australian public as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has been televising rugby for 30 years . |
| 13 | I 've been taking chlorambucil for six days now and the lumps are diminishing with staggering rapidity . |
| 14 | Negotiations between the National Trust and MoD have been taking place for two years and have reached a critical stage . |
| 15 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 16 | Closures of railway lines had been taking place for many years , accelerated by the growing availability of cars in the 1950s . |
| 17 | Britain would now be in the fortunate position of having had , in 1991 , nothing worse than a shallow and short-lived recession , from which a smart recovery would already have been taking place for several quarters , with no balance of payments constraint and little rise in unemployment . |
| 18 | The document ignores the debate on curriculum which has been taking place for 20 years . |
| 19 | ‘ The teacher was not highly qualified but very much alive and specially trained in English medium teaching at Kagumo Training College nearby ; the children had been learning English for six months . |
| 20 | ‘ We bought the malt extract arm of the Distillers Group which has been making malt for 100 years . |
| 21 | Despite the setbacks , Geoff has been playing golf for 16 years . |
| 22 | Steve 's been playing golf for 18 months now . |
| 23 | An Irish internationalist at boys and youths level , he has been playing golf for five years . |
| 24 | Englefield had been fighting 'Mill for second spot . |
| 25 | However , Smith effectively confirmed Muhlfeit 's assertions that a case is to be brought against an electronic bulletin board service company , which is reported to have been distributing software for free as part of its service to its subscribers . |
| 26 | He could have been composing rubbish for all I was competent to judge , yet that possibility did not enter my head . |
| 27 | Maurice Adams , General Manager of ACET , has recently returned form Uganda where he has been discussing planning for future projects with ACET 's African Director , Anthony Kasozi . |
| 28 | Here in an ancient Herefordshire broadleaved wood , members of the local Nature trust have been monitoring dormice for five years . |
| 29 | The brave star , who has been battling cancer for four years , admits that she still suffers from terrible stagefright . |