Example sentences of "had been [verb] for several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US and North Korean governments had been communicating for several years at a low level through the US embassy in Beijing . |
| 2 | The report lists ‘ many faults ’ inherent in the way the railway had been run for several years . |
| 3 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 4 | A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains running at less flexible times . |
| 5 | A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains at less flexible times . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Many had been decomposing for several weeks . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Duncan , whose health had been failing for several years , died in West Park , Elgin , 23 May 1863 . |
| 12 | In the Philippines last year , an investigation team found two ‘ disappeared ’ women who had been missing for several months . |
| 13 | The museum had been closed for several months because of a leaking roof . |
| 14 | Manning Jackson had been fretting for several minutes . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions . |
| 17 | She had been talking for several minutes about a party she had been to the previous evening . |