Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the issue is is that potentially you could be goi we could 've been going for four point three extra people and we probably wo n't do that . |
| 2 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 3 | Jarvis , 51 , who is the son of a jump jockey , has been training for 21 years and Carroll House 's victory was by far his most important . |
| 4 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 5 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 6 | If this has been leaking for some time then the transfer box is probably low on oil . |
| 7 | Print Quarterly , based in London , has been publishing for ten years . |
| 8 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 9 | SIR — The fact that Steve Redfern has been trying for six years to resume playing rugby union after playing rugby league ( Daily Telegraph , April 2 ) shows that union is a more enjoyable game . |
| 10 | The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race . |
| 11 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 12 | Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him . |
| 13 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years . |
| 16 | Rick has been teaching for twelve years and is Head of Mathematics in a boys ' secondary modern school in a small town , with an intake mainly from middle-class homes . |
| 17 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 18 | Jill Jones seems to fall into that category ( she has been teaching for seven years ) . |
| 19 | Katie Englehart , the illiterate wife of an American farmer , has been healing for fifteen years . |
| 20 | Faith also has been flying for twenty years . |
| 21 | ‘ We can hear the phones , and it saves a trek downstairs , ’ says Sheila , who has been smoking for 25 years . |
| 22 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 23 | Women , Art and Society is a synthesis of work that has been progressing for twenty years about women and the visual arts . |
| 24 | Work towards this goal has been progressing for some time , culminating in a public launch at a major conference , held in the Forum Hotel , Glasgow on 23 October , 1989 . |
| 25 | She has been childminding for eight years now and has gained an extremely good reputation . |
| 26 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 27 | He has been writing for some time , starting with horror , and has more recently turned to the psychological thriller . |
| 28 | People magazine has been looking for possible substitutes , and among the personalities they suggest is Prince Charles . |
| 29 | Zimbabwe supports controlled culling of its large elephant population and has been looking for legal ways to cover the costs . |
| 30 | The zoo is now considering a number of proposals which includes one submitted by the staff and another by New Zoo Developments Ltd. along with an in-house plan which the Society has been developing for some time . |