Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [adj] for [adj] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr McNally : ‘ This investigation has been ongoing for five months . |
| 2 | The situation has been poor for some months , but press speculation about receivership has worried suppliers and customers of the brewery . |
| 3 | The currency has been stable for six months . |
| 4 | In case police behaviour changes as new procedures and rules become familiar , then whole research exercise will be repeated again after the Act has been operational for eighteen months ( summer 1987 ) . |
| 5 | He has attempted to come off on several occasions and at the time of interview was undergoing methadone withdrawal and has been heroin-free for two months . ‘ |
| 6 | Haim Scheider , an economist who left Lithuania 10 years ago , has been unemployed for 18 months , but still has no regrets . |
| 7 | Sources close to the investigation suggest it has been dormant for some months and that it produced no conclusions one way or the other . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's been temporary for six months now . |