Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [noun sg] in [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hominids have been using fire in Africa for some 1–1.5 million years , but whether the early firing was the work of species of Australopithecus or Homo is not clear . |
| 2 | The Lib Dems have been gaining ground in Cheltenmham for some years . |
| 3 | Gregory , who had been teaching English in Thailand for two years , has said she was acting as a courier for Lock , on whom no drugs were found . |
| 4 | The Ostertags have been making wine in Alsace for a long time — centuries rather than years . |
| 5 | John McCarthy has now been held hostage in Beirut for four years . |