Example sentences of "have been [verb] for four [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the issue is is that potentially you could be goi we could 've been going for four point three extra people and we probably wo n't do that . |
| 2 | A driving examiner has been jailed for four months for indecently assaulting four women test candidates . |
| 3 | A bird breeder has been jailed for four years after stolen rare birds were found wrapped in sacking in the boot of his car . |
| 4 | The unofficial sanctuary has been running for four years and is now looking after more than a hundred animals . |
| 5 | The U 's leader has been suspended for four matches , with effect from the Scarborough trip on April 13 , while left-back Martin Grainger has also been suspended for a couple of matches following his latest booking at Spotland . |
| 6 | In all they 've questioned twelve present and former members of staff from the school , which has been closed for four months . |
| 7 | ‘ He 'd been held for four months . |
| 8 | Roddy Lou Thai was not pleased at all to be questioned by two representatives of the repressive Imperialist Government , under whose chauvinistic wing he had been living for four years . |
| 9 | The Iranian consulate in Geneva had been occupied for four hours on Dec. 14 , 1988 , by opponents of the Tehran regime and evidence had been found that Tale had been collecting information on the Iranian exile community in Switzerland . |
| 10 | I went there and found that people who had been waiting for four hours or more had still not received satisfaction . |
| 11 | During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 , in 1914 still within living memory , Paris had been besieged for four months and forced to surrender . |
| 12 | ‘ But we 've been separated for four years , ’ she reminded him in a more reasonable tone . |
| 13 | He says I have been flying for four years . |
| 14 | For example , if you have been employed for four years and earn a basic salary of £40,000 , one hardly need emphasise the difference between the value of your rights if you are eligible just for the statutory minimum of four weeks ' notice and the scale of your claim if you are on , say , a three-year rolling contract . |
| 15 | The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up . |