Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [prep] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the skylit fifth floor opens permanently on 19 February with an expanded sampling of the museum 's contemporary collection , much of which has been in storage for years , and with a long-term installation of a promised gift of twenty-seven works by American abstract artist Leon Polk Smith ( b. 1906 ) . |
| 2 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , has been in Denmark for EC crisis talks following their recent referendum rejecting the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 3 | It is an old ship-building town , it once produced a massive proportion of British vessels , but it has been in decline for decades . |
| 4 | The Secretary of State said that British Coal 's market has been in decline for decades . |
| 5 | Theoretically , she can dissolve Parliament without advice , but the right has been in abeyance for years . |
| 6 | Macmillan 's exceptionally successful Mexican operation has been in place for years but now Mexico is everyone 's tip for the top — ‘ The most exciting country in the region , ’ says David Phillips of Linguaphone ; ‘ The biggest without doubt , ’ says David Stewart . |
| 7 | Both Lady Amory and Sir John liked to get their hands in the soil — they did all the planting and arranging of the beds themselves — but they also had two willing helpers , gardeners who 'd been at Knightshayes for years , and some foresters . |
| 8 | You could even have a personalised château holiday , enjoying the hospitality of a family who may well have been in residence for generations . |
| 9 | Market specialists are convinced that at least three major deals , having been on ice for months , are now all set to roll , helping S G Warburg rise 64 to 538p , Hambros add 22 to 238p and Kleinwort Benson gain 19 to 238p . |
| 10 | His nerves had been on hold for days . |
| 11 | UPH 's shareholders may wonder why Desmond spent £4.4m of their money on a site which had been on offer for £2.7m . |
| 12 | Albert and his young assistant had been at loggerheads for years now . |
| 13 | Besides , Jessie had been with Marion for years , following her from production to production , doing sewing and little chores in between times when Marion was ‘ resting ’ . |
| 14 | Jonathan Pack , 31 , of Ipswich , Suffolk , had been under surveillance for weeks , said Italian police . |
| 15 | A customs officer involved in the case said Mr Bradburn had been under surveillance for weeks when he was arrested . |
| 16 | The camp and many others like it had been in existence for years . |
| 17 | As far as Comfort knew , they had returned to the States for the duration , although in fact they had been in London for part of the time , working for the Free French , and back in France for most of the rest . |
| 18 | But even for him there 's a thrill playing with bands who 've been on top for quarter of a century |
| 19 | You 've been at school for years and what have you achieved ? |
| 20 | But I said , that they 've been in bathrooms for years like ! |
| 21 | I 've been in prison for assault , robbery , shoplifting and burglary . |
| 22 | And er video camera and lighting among them and er they look as if they 've been in place for hours . |
| 23 | Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today . |
| 24 | Nor do they always distinguish Turks who have been in Germany for years from recent ‘ economic migrants ’ . |
| 25 | Others have been in existence for years , yet seem to hold out little hope of attracting new recruits . |
| 26 | ( It is interesting to note that the Jeffery family have been in Donhead for centuries as The Visitation of Wilts 1565 records that the first wife of Alderman Thomas Pople of Salisbury , was ‘ Katherine , daughter to John Jeffery of Doned Marie , Dorset ’ . ) |
| 27 | Said manager John Bell : ‘ The Canadians are building a huge power plant in Ontario and already they have been in touch for guidance on how we operate our laundry system . ’ |
| 28 | It 's been under wraps for weeks , but now the political biography everyone 's talking about has finally arrived . |
| 29 | It 's been for sale for ages has n't it ? |
| 30 | He plays Jeremy Conway , a spy who 's been in Britain for years achieving a powerful position with a large London bank . |