Example sentences of "been [verb] for [det] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am convinced that stuff had been accumulating for many years in this cellar and that Ernest Griffiths had no idea what was in there . |
| 2 | • In rodents , rhythms continue to develop in animals that have been reared for several generations in constant conditions . |
| 3 | The previous half-year figures have been adjusted for this change in presentation . |
| 4 | No I did n't Stefan , we 've been blamed for some things in our time , have n't we but |
| 5 | Several of the Board 's leading civil servants had been pressing for more equality in provision . |
| 6 | However , top management became aware that all of the work-force reductions , although necessary , were not attacking the basic problem : the organization had been designed for another time in history rather than for the competitive world in which it now lived . |
| 7 | The panic buying forced the Moscow city council on May 28 to announce a temporary ban on the sale of food and consumer goods in city shops to anyone unable to produce a Moscow residence permit ( such restrictions had already been operating for many weeks in Leningrad and a number of other cities ) . |
| 8 | Another , a woman who was living , and had been living for many years in , in continuous adultery ! |
| 9 | The ERNIE machine is a modern computerized form of sampling by ‘ random numbers ’ which has been used for many years in research . |
| 10 | G. affinis is a small ( 4.6 cm long ) , surface-feeding minnow which originated in the United States and has been used for many years in many parts of the world to control mosquito larvae . |
| 11 | It is possible to break out of the straight-jacket by applying an idea that had been used for many years in thinking about the psychology of classification and aesthetics ( McLlelland & Clark , 1933 ; Berlyne , 1960 ) . |
| 12 | The experience curve itself was developed from the concept of the learning curve , which had been used for many years in industries where it was observed that labour time fell as the workforce accumulated experience in producing more of a particular type of unit . |
| 13 | It has been used for many years in traveller 's diarrhoea , as a colostomy deodoriser , and as an antispirochetal agent in syphilis . |
| 14 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 15 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 16 | He had been observed for some time in the recovery unit as his central venous pressure and blood pressure were low . |
| 17 | Even the shirts which had been left for many weeks in my laundry out-tray responded to the punishment it dished out . |
| 18 | • In rare instances , new-born babies have been studied for several months in a constant environment in a hospital ward . |
| 19 | Rumours had already been circulating for some time in the movie world that Madonna , whose big new movie will be Body Of Evidence , was discussing a new film with Sr Almodovar . |