Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [adv] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went humming upstairs to clean the bathroom , while Winnie turned over in her mind a plan which had been lurking there for some time . |
| 2 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 3 | Since then , various voluntary groups throughout the campus , the UK and abroad have come forward with names and addresses of active alumni , some of whom have been networking enthusiastically for many years outwith the official organisation of either the Graduates Association of the University . |
| 4 | Proteon 's announcement that it is splitting its business into two divisions ( one for adaptor boards and wiring centres ; the other for internetworking and intelligent hub systems ) is in line with what has been happening internally for some time , says Swan . |
| 5 | Mrs Probyn 's husband has told police that the pair , who 've been living apart for several months , had a row . |
| 6 | As most people in South Africa know , they have been living apart for some while — ostensibly on security grounds . |
| 7 | Following township rumours that the Mandelas had been living apart for some weeks , the Sowetan newspaper said Mrs Mandela continued to live in the mansion she had built in a better part of Soweto but Mr Mandela had moved into a well-guarded home in Johannesburg 's affluent northern suburbs . |
| 8 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 9 | He had been trembling violently for several hours but now no sound came from the place where he lay . |
| 10 | Bruno 's been training hard for this fight in Leicester . |
| 11 | I 've been going downhill for several days now . |
| 12 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 13 | Later my surgeon was to tell me that the cancer had been growing away for many years . |
| 14 | His tenure of the post was short : his health had been declining progressively for several months as a result of overwork , and he died 5 February 1882 at his home at 7 Cornwall Street , Edinburgh . |
| 15 | One afternoon , after they had been travelling together for several days , Cleo ordered Dauntless to pull Contralto to a halt . |
| 16 | I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there . |
| 17 | It was a warm night , and he had been studying hard for some hours . |
| 18 | They had all been sitting quietly for some time , waiting . |
| 19 | Not until she had been sitting there for several minutes did Isabel realise that no sound at all had come from her torn and bleeding lips . |
| 20 | We had been hillwalking together for several years , and by this time were well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of each other 's paces . |
| 21 | Ideally , the EC Commission would step in with a way to prevent the disruption of trade ; but it has been trying unsuccessfully for many months to steer a directive on packaging waste through the council of ministers . |
| 22 | And yes , he 'd been working there for several days . |