Example sentences of "[verb] been running [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's pretty obvious that Kurt Cobain has been running on reserve tanks for most of this Euro-jaunt . |
| 2 | THE national lottery may be new in the UK but in Spain the big gamble game has been running for 180 years . |
| 3 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |
| 4 | Take the High Road , which has been running for 13 years , does n't make the ratings tables because it is not slotted in a peak viewing time across the country . |
| 5 | This latest development in a saga which has been running for many months represents a change of heart by the Saints ' board . |
| 6 | ‘ In Basildon only 32 out of 8,000 homes were sold and in Scotland where it has been running for two years only 223 out of 6,000 tenants have bought houses . |
| 7 | The unofficial sanctuary has been running for four years and is now looking after more than a hundred animals . |
| 8 | The tank is 60″ × 24″ × 18″ and has been running for twelve weeks . |
| 9 | The scheme has been running for 11 years . |
| 10 | Once the scheme has been running for 20 years or more , claimants will not build up any more 80ths . |
| 11 | ‘ The class has been running for 2½ years ’ What stamina ! |
| 12 | The Milk Race , which has been running for 25 years , is like a wagon train as it winds its way through the country . |
| 13 | But the rehabilitation centre which has been running for 21 years could be closed within the year . |
| 14 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 15 | This new magazine is modelled on the successful ‘ English Civil War Notes & Queries ’ which has been running for several years . |
| 16 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Here , after a campaign has been running for some time , a sample survey is used , in which questions are asked about the brands in the market in question : |
| 19 | The worry for regular viewers to the series which has been running for 19 years , is that the ethos of the programme may be changed to pander to the larger English audience . |
| 20 | The BA Honours Degree in Retail Marketing , formulated by JS and Manchester Metropolitan University , has been running for three years and the two parties have now formally signed a contract securing the future of the programme . |
| 21 | Voluntary Project administrator Roy Montgomery is convinced the scheme , which has been running for three months , is a major success — and a lifeline for local young people . |
| 22 | My first shot was ‘ Incomes policy and exchange rates ’ which rather reveals perhaps the track upon which I find my own mind has been running in recent months if not years . |
| 23 | Shortly before the February 1992 meeting it had been reported that OPEC production in January had been running at 24,200,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , about 70,000 bpd above the level in December 1991 and the highest levels since the 25,000,000 bpd recorded in 1980 . |
| 24 | Take Benjamin Gribble for instance , on the settling day in March 1847 of a contract which had been running for 5 months : |
| 25 | Mark Turnball , one of the business partners behind Lemmings , said the firm had been running for two years , organising events in many parts of the country . |
| 26 | Unit trust savings schemes had been running for 20 years , but investment trust savings schemes did not start until 1984 . |
| 27 | This was interesting ; some tritium was occurring naturally in the heavy water and when they measured the tritium levels after the experiment had been running for some hours they found that the tritium level had dropped . |
| 28 | The figures were much the same after the experiment had been running for three months , but 83% thought the experiment should continue . |
| 29 | He had been running in international events since the Olympics of 1932 . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been running for several years but only up to half marathon distance , ’ he says . |