Example sentences of "have been [verb] the [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For days Mr Hurd has been criticising the Israelis for the harsh treatment of the Palestinians , so it was only politic of the government here to invite him to the Yadvashim memorial to the Holocaust . |
| 2 | Self taught , Albert , who is a relative of George Barron , of BBC TV 's Beechgrove Garden fame , has been tending the gardens for 16 years and has been a consistent winner in the gardens competition over the years . |
| 3 | Richard , who started work at the University in 1969 as assistant cook in the halls of residence , has been Assistant Catering Manager since 1973 , based at the Revis Barber and Dennis Bellamy Halls , where his deputy , head cook Ian Wade has been ruling the kitchens for 24 years . |
| 4 | They 'd been watching the premises for several months . |
| 5 | ‘ The Robemaker must have been taking the Trees for years . ’ |
| 6 | Writers , poets and bards had been telling the stories for centuries but it was not until the Victorians that a visual interpretation was recorded and that was essentially romantic and ill-informed . |
| 7 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the object of the substituted section 9 of the Wills Act 1837 had been to simplify the requirements for the execution and witnessing of a will ; that the complementary requirements , of a signature and of an intention that the signature should give effect to the will , demanded a practical approach ; that a written name , not being a normal signature , was capable of being a signature for the purposes of section 9 ; but that where a testamentary document was signed before the dispositive provisions had been written , affirmative evidence was necessary to show that the testator had intended the signature to give effect to the provisions ; that by writing his name and the dispositive provisions in one single operation the deceased had provided such evidence ; and that , accordingly , the will had been duly executed ; but that , on the evidence , the deputy judge had been entitled to conclude that the onus on the defendants of establishing the testamentary capacity of the deceased had not been discharged ( post , pp. 588B–H , 589B–F , 592A–C ) . |
| 8 | The Home Secretary , Sir Samuel Hoare , noted that any influx of refugees from the continent might bring together the political extremes — the fascists who had been attacking the Jews for three years and the communists and other left-wing elements who might argue that Jewish refugees were taking away Gentile employment . |
| 9 | I 've been using the Strats for four or five years ; it 's nice to have that more defined sound , and more variety of tone than the Ibanez and Gibsons I used to use . |
| 10 | This is a mixed blessing for those of us who have been tramping the mountains for years . |
| 11 | Every sales consultant has covered the basics ; they have been given the tools for success ; the Super Sales Grit ingredient takes you to where no sales-person has previously thought to go . |
| 12 | Many , if not most , good teachers are suffering from fatigue and innovation stress ; almost all teachers in state schools are profoundly resentful at the way that they and their schools have been made the scapegoats for the ills of society . |
| 13 | I have been following the Ports for 30 years now , home and away , continually watching them getting thrashed week in , week out . |
| 14 | Norwegian scientists who have been testing the seas for several years have yet to detect any significant radioactive contaminating of fish , but they have not yet tested the water near the dumping sites . |
| 15 | Protestors have been fighting the plans for two months . |
| 16 | on a limited number of schemes we have been doing the estimates for four or five years |
| 17 | He 's been feeding the birds for twenty years , and he still finds it exciting . |