Example sentences of "have been [verb] for several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Road pricing , which involves charging drivers directly for their use of the road network , has been advocated for several years as a means of reducing congestion and environmental impact . |
| 2 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 3 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 4 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 5 | This new magazine is modelled on the successful ‘ English Civil War Notes & Queries ’ which has been running for several years . |
| 6 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 7 | Replacement of the undilatably strictured lower oesophagus by a short segment of left hemicolon has been practised for several decades . |
| 8 | The award for best British film went to The Crying Game , which , along with Howards End , has been nominated for several Oscars . |
| 9 | ‘ She has been missing for several days now and we are concerned for her safety , ’ said a Garston police spokesman . |
| 10 | Retrovirus-mediated gene transfer into transplantable cells has been proposed for several conditions , but treatment of immunodeficiency caused by adenosine deaminase ( ADA ) deficiency appears imminent . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't even know of them until later on in my teens , after I 'd been recording for several years . |
| 12 | ‘ At the alleged places of detention , ’ Mr Ahtisaari said , ‘ the facilities were found to have been stripped of all valuable material and not to have been inhabited for several weeks at least . ’ |
| 13 | The US and North Korean governments had been communicating for several years at a low level through the US embassy in Beijing . |
| 14 | The report lists ‘ many faults ’ inherent in the way the railway had been run for several years . |
| 15 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 16 | A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains running at less flexible times . |
| 17 | A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains at less flexible times . |
| 18 | The most recent outstanding event in Jim 's distinguished career was the publication of his definitive catalogue of the collections of Christ Church , Oxford , on which he had been engaged for several years , coinciding with the opening of the new galleries to contain them . |
| 19 | Many had been decomposing for several weeks . |
| 20 | One EC official said yesterday that the problem of fraud involving the Vatican had been understood for several years , and that attempts were being made to stamp it out . |
| 21 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 22 | Philip Larkin had already published two novels — Jill ( 1946 ) and A Girl in Winter ( 1947 ) — before he established himself in 1955 , with The Less Deceived , as the best poet of his generation ; and John Osborne 's first play ever to reach the public theatre , Look Back in Anger ( 1956 ) , was written by an actor untouched by academia who had been writing for several years and a stranger to all of them . |
| 23 | Duncan , whose health had been failing for several years , died in West Park , Elgin , 23 May 1863 . |
| 24 | In the Philippines last year , an investigation team found two ‘ disappeared ’ women who had been missing for several months . |
| 25 | The museum had been closed for several months because of a leaking roof . |
| 26 | Manning Jackson had been fretting for several minutes . |
| 27 | In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go . |
| 28 | Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions . |
| 29 | She had been talking for several minutes about a party she had been to the previous evening . |
| 30 | Register Office , handful of guests , parents optional , drink-up at couple 's house ( in which they 've been living for several years already ) . |