Example sentences of "have been [verb] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He says I have been flying for four years . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The village of Stoke Row in south Oxfordshire might seem a world away from India , but the two have been connected for 130 years . |
| 5 | ITV has been thrown into disarray because the current franchises have been extended for three years while the Government introduces a new free market framework . |
| 6 | ‘ An accumulation of socioeconomic problems that have been developing for 25 years are closing in on blacks like a vice , ’ says veteran African-American author and social theorist Harold Cruse . |
| 7 | Yesterday 's announcement of 420 job losses came after a meeting between the receivers and union representatives at the yard , where warships have been built for 130 years . |
| 8 | The two areas have been twinned for 35 years . |
| 9 | Two hundred and eight golf professionals — some reigning champions , others young rookies — have been competing for 50 places on next season 's full European Tour . |
| 10 | Two hundred and eight golf professionals — some reigning champions , others young rookies — have been competing for 50 places on next season 's full European Tour . |
| 11 | About 3000 water samples , collected in the Liverpool Bay-Anglesey area as part of the Geochemical Survey Programme , have been analysed for 28 elements . |
| 12 | The trouble is my boyfriend , with whom I have been living for six months , thinks I should use the money to pay off our overdraft . |
| 13 | The 25 patients ( 11 men , 14 women ; mean age 54 [ 28–79 ] years ) included for comparison who had neither excessive numbers of normal naevi nor atypical naevi have been followed for 213 person-years . |
| 14 | • AA Hospital Plus provides full insurance cover for pre-existing medical conditions , once you have been covered for two years without a recurrence . |
| 15 | The new modules have been developed for two groups of students : those returning to S5 for a limited period of time , and those who intend to complete a full year 's programme of study in S5 or S6 . |
| 16 | He says the old skills have been lost for 80 years . |
| 17 | Volunteers such as the receptionist form the backbone of the hospice and volunteer sitters have been helping for five years . |
| 18 | You are entitled to a written statement of the reasons for your dismissal if you have been employed for two years or more . |
| 19 | At present the statement must be given no later than 13 weeks after employment commences , but part-time workers who work less than 16 hours a week need not be given a statement until they have been employed for five years and worked eight hours or more a week . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In addition , one very broadly-based general SVQ is being introduced at level I. We are also introducing two preliminary awards at a more basic level than level I. All these awards have been accredited for two years in the first instance . |
| 22 | Two huntsmen have been jailed for two months for knocking down a hunt saboteur with a four wheeled buggy . |
| 23 | Japanese share prices have been falling for three years and have more than halved in value since the peaks reached in 1989 . |
| 24 | ‘ The standards for cab design have been set for one person , so we foresee problems with having two seats , ’ says Mr Boswell . |
| 25 | We have been negotiating for eight years with the Faroese authorities in an effort to get them to stop , without success . |
| 26 | These are not , of course , known , but the pay-offs have been forecast for three levels , high , medium and low . |
| 27 | These are not , of course , known , but the pay-offs have been forecast for three levels , high , medium and low . |
| 28 | They are part of a BMS Action Team and have been working for six months of mission in France . |
| 29 | In France , where I have been working for two years , the government understands the need for cultural things . |
| 30 | ‘ I have been working for 19 months and was on the dole for five years before that , ’ he said . |