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Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1	In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel .
2	They 'd be secondhand shoes because they 've been worn for three days .
3	And I 've been living for seven years !
4	I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ?
5	Everything they have in that shop is better than the one you 've been wearing for ten years .
6	In a quiet , gentle , but troubled voice , Cardiff said , ‘ You 've been gone for twenty-six years , Barbara . ’
7	‘ Lucky devil , I 've been trying for eight years and still have n't cracked it yet . ’
8	‘ I 've been trying for forty years and the margin of error 's still about eighty per cent . ’
9	We 've been bugged for 10 years by a reputation for extremism and division , which we 're just getting rid of .
10	‘ But we 've been separated for four years , ’ she reminded him in a more reasonable tone .
11	I 've been cooking for 7 years now , including my school , my cookery school .
12	she said ‘ We 've been going for two months with very long hours . ’
13	They 've been going for twenty years and er there 's er school is very much , I would have put you straight into schools
14	‘ Take my word for it , I 've been going for 30 years since the well was a bucket in a hole in the ground , and there is plenty of water , ’ she said .
15	‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’
16	Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys .
17	I 've been waiting for forty years for it
18	He said , ‘ Listen , I 've been married to three actresses and if you want a career , I will send you merrily on your way .
19	Oxford ca n't grumble they 've been winning for 15 years … its Cambridge 's turn but Oxford will be back on top next year
20	I 've been playing for ten years and never hit a hole in one before — now I 've hit two . ’
21	Copies of the full text of each local law society and ‘ other ’ response have been collected into two files and will be available for inspection at both Redditch and Chancery Lane , or otherwise on request .
22	Collars equipped with radio transmitters , developed by the University of Leiden in the Netherlands , have been fitted to four elephants in different herds , allowing scientists to follow the movements of the herds .
23	The aims of the initiative have been explained to 1,000 officers of all ranks in a series of briefings .
24	Since , for example , administrative and financial activities do not impinge on plant records , these activities have been separated on two LANs — they work faster and more efficiently separately , and faults in one do not disable the other .
25	A The law allows any couple to seek a divorce on the grounds of the irretrievable breakdown of marriage once they have been separated for two years .
26	He argues that our views on the nature of the modern state have been polarized between two modes of identification .
27	ALL 32 homes on a new housing development in Middlesbrough have been reserved within four months of going on sale .
28	He says I have been flying for four years .
29	I have been flying for twenty years and doing aerobatics for ten years , having been taught to fly by my celebrated husband Tim , of Nealey Air Shows , in Chicago .
30	Maximum fines for the wastage or pollution of water supplies have been raised from 250 francs to 6,000 francs , and repeat offenders may be fined up to 1 million francs .