Example sentences of "[noun] has [been] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A computer retailer has been operating for three years under the name of " COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SALES " and has a chain of stores in the South of England . |
| 2 | In terms of ideology it is exactly what the FMLN has been fighting for these past seven years . |
| 3 | Allan has been working for Historic Scotland since 1986 and has gained wide-ranging experience including masonry consolidation , hewing and building of all types of stonework at sites throughout Grampian Region and the Shetland Islands . |
| 4 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 5 | For years , Costa Rica has been calling for the extradition of US citizen John Hull , charged with premeditated homicide , drugs and arms trafficking , along with other criminal acts including participation in the 1984 bombing of a news conference at La Penca , in which six died . |
| 6 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 7 | Well the distance is equal to a hundred miles an hour , times how many hours has been travelling for ? |
| 8 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 9 | Danielle has been writing for only 12 or so . |
| 10 | The unofficial sanctuary has been running for four years and is now looking after more than a hundred animals . |
| 11 | ‘ THIS drama about the decline of our coal mines has been running for at least 75 years . |
| 12 | Ward has been searching for a winger for some time and last night he was hopeful of clinching a signing on loan . |
| 13 | Conservative support in the larger cities has been declining for more than 25 years . |
| 14 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 15 | This , then is the state of affairs which Rigoberta Menchu has been trying for the past 11 years to bring to the world 's attention — an almost impossible task , given the fact that for most of that time the international press found Nicaragua and El Salvador much more diverting . |
| 16 | The squadron has been preparing for action for the past 2 weeks . |
| 17 | Your mistress has been ringing for you this past fifteen minutes ! ’ |
| 18 | A case involving a company called Coloroll has been waiting for resolution by the European Court . |
| 19 | Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) . |
| 20 | Er you will all be aware I think that the budget has been running for some months and er I suppose a lot of you either as spokes persons or as members of groups have actually been dealing with the budget issues in some detail . |
| 21 | The Nuclear Test Veterans Association has been fighting for 10 years to get compensation for British servicemen who were on the Pacific islands when the tests took place in the 1950s . |
| 22 | The system using freezing instead of hot branding has been working for 12 years and the firm has now won a Royal Warrant . |
| 23 | ‘ The apparel industry has been searching for something new for a long time and this is something which will be exciting . |
| 24 | The report assumes that decommissioning costs would be spread over 100 years , although the industry has been pushing for a " deferred safe storage strategy " , spreading the costs over 135-150 years . |
| 25 | Good God , Teddy , the US arms industry has been praying for this war for years . |
| 26 | If the employee has been working for you for up to eight weeks and does not have a linking letter or a Leaver 's statement , phone your Social Security office and ask if the start of the PIW you are dealing with links back to a claim to a Social Security benefit . |
| 27 | Hayes Machine Knitting Club has been running for quite a few years now and welcomes new members . |
| 28 | Northern Ireland has been warring for over 20 years . |
| 29 | That is serious in view of the fact that the committee has been running for more than four years . |
| 30 | ‘ Our factory in Scotland has been going for 15 years ’ says Smillie . |