Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , all four major further education teacher training centres in England — Huddersfield and Wolverhampton Polytechnics , Bolton Institute of Higher Education , and Garnett College have been developing proposals for pre-service courses leading to a BEd . |
| 2 | Moreover Apple , and its partner in Taligent , IBM Corp , have been downplaying expectations for the Taligent environment . |
| 3 | Moreover Apple , and its partner in Taligent , IBM Corp , have been downplaying expectations for the Taligent environment . |
| 4 | Good god bank clerks have been wearing uniforms for these last three four five years . |
| 5 | Six patients are still alive and have been undergoing tratment for 5.5–24 months ( median 15 months ) . |
| 6 | Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency due to a very slight , and sometimes unrecognisable , blood loss from such conditions as piles , diverticulitis , hiatus hernia — and occasionally bleeding from the stomach , if they have been taking aspirin for rheumatism daily for long periods , and this may cause anaemia . |
| 7 | Negotiations between the National Trust and MoD have been taking place for two years and have reached a critical stage . |
| 8 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 9 | Negotiations have been taking place for almost two years and their failure is a big setback to the ambitions of the Edinburgh-based financial institution set up with £26 million in 1991 as a building society acquisition vehicle . |
| 10 | The Society needs more teachers ; many of teachers have been taking classes for 20 years or more ! |
| 11 | The Clarke family have been brewing beer for past 140 years . |
| 12 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 13 | These schools have been using microcomputers for three years and have had substantial teacher training , provision of materials and other support services from the ILEA . |
| 14 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 15 | Touche Ross , who have been handling negotiations for the sale of the American style Marvels park , say there are several potential buyers . |
| 16 | I have been producing guidebooks for fifteen years and I have never thought of that . |
| 17 | The difference is that they are now employed by the businesses to whom they have been supplying services for some time . ’ |
| 18 | Noble Metals have been supplying Ford for a number of years with high specification platinum/ iridium wire , used in the manufacture of high performance spark plugs . |
| 19 | Gordon 's favours Umbrian juniper berries — and the Scarponis , who have been harvesting juniper for Gordon 's for over 40 years , use their local knowledge to find the very best juniper Umbria can offer . |
| 20 | Here in an ancient Herefordshire broadleaved wood , members of the local Nature trust have been monitoring dormice for five years . |
| 21 | We have been pursuing proposals for some time . |
| 22 | ‘ I have been smoking cigarettes for years . |
| 23 | Even if you have been paying premiums for many years , you will rarely get a proportion of its maturity value . |
| 24 | 4. 9 councils in Yorkshire have been testing foods for Listeria and are encouraged that food handlers & manufacturers have been improving their hygiene practices . |
| 25 | In the face of sustained high levels of non-excused absenteeism in Britain 's schools , ( up to one in ten pupils in some secondary schools ) , there have been increasing calls for more active legal intervention in truancy cases , from head teachers , school inspectors , the DES ( Circular 2/86 ) and a number of MPs . |
| 26 | I have been breeding Neons for around twenty years , and during this time I have evolved a set procedure which enables me to successfully raise the fish in sufficient numbers . |
| 27 | And yet , as er as Linda said women have been playing football for the last seventy , and before that , I mean op , throughout the century women have been playing football ! |
| 28 | Get set for the Kielder Classic , the final race in the Moore Large Series of mountain biking events which have been raising money for Help the Aged throughout the year . |
| 29 | Dave said : ‘ I have been raising money for charities at Bidds for quite a few years . |
| 30 | More than 30,000 pupils from 70 Wirral schools have been raising money for Winch , which expects to hand over a five-figure cheque to the national appeal the following Friday . |