Example sentences of "and [verb] been for some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If a child is sniffing with a group of young people , and has been for some time , it may help to provide other more interesting and exciting leisure activities .
2 ‘ The Khanate is settled , and has been for some time , ’ his father said dismissively .
3 For one thing , Kelly 's very happily involved in a relationship and has been for some time , so I 'm quite convinced her eyes wo n't stray towards any ski-bums , no matter how handsome . ’
4 Bob Gunnell , of course , is an was and has been for some time a very supportive member of South East Arts and active in many of its committees .
5 There is indeed , and has been for some years , discussion on the political level as to whether , and to what extent , public transport , particularly in capital cities , should be regarded , and financed , as a social service , out of taxation whether national or local .
6 Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years .
7 I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while .
8 The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland .
9 While there clearly was an ‘ objective ’ discontinuity of subject perspective between selective school mathematics and the practice of some segments , increasingly dominant within some countries , of university mathematics , and had been for some years , it again required interested actors , utilizing the climate of ‘ crisis ’ resulting from the campaign on teacher supply as a major resource , to enter various arenas in order to persuade others of the ‘ need ’ for change .
10 My children do go to school and have been for some months now .
11 My children do go to school and have been for some months now .
12 Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now .
13 ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time .
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