Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [noun pl] for [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heseltine 's campaign team , having been canvassing backbenchers for several weeks , had already developed a considerable momentum . |
| 2 | Even if you have been paying premiums for many years , you will rarely get a proportion of its maturity value . |
| 3 | The sturdily independent high tech sector had naught for the comfort of either major party in the run-up to today 's by-election in Newbury , Berkshire when the big guns from party headquarters showed up for photocalls during the build-up : Labour chose Vodafone Group Plc and tried to commiserate about the recession , only to be told that business had been going gangbusters for several months , the Tories went looking for green shoots at Micro Focus Plc , only to be told that the UK market was flat on its back , and that it was only foreign sales that were keeping the old Coboller busy . |
| 4 | Indeed , we 've been running courses for several years now , both for primary and secondary level , to help those teachers who are particularly enthusiastic , and also to form a sort of resource for them . |
| 5 | ‘ One of our strengths is that we have been making catalysts for many years and only market those which we have used in our own plants , ’ explained Dr Barrie Pearce , commercial assistant for ICI Catalysts at Billingham , Cleveland . |