Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [adv] for [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mrs Probyn 's husband has told police that the pair , who 've been living apart for several months , had a row . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 5 | He had been trembling violently for several hours but now no sound came from the place where he lay . |
| 6 | I 've been going downhill for several days now . |
| 7 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 8 | Later my surgeon was to tell me that the cancer had been growing away for many years . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One afternoon , after they had been travelling together for several days , Cleo ordered Dauntless to pull Contralto to a halt . |
| 11 | It was a warm night , and he had been studying hard for some hours . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And yes , he 'd been working there for several days . |