Example sentences of "been [verb] for [adj] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 2 | Following the elections to the Basque parliament on Oct. 28 , 1990 , the formation of a new regional government had been delayed for three months due to the breakdown of talks between the two parties which had made up the previous governing coalition — the Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ) , which had emerged as the largest single party , with 22 seats , and the Basque Socialist Party ( PSE-PSOE ) which had been beaten into second place . |
| 3 | Since the rate of repayment is reviewed only once annually , quite often the effect of mortgage rate rises has been delayed for some months , allowing the borrower to prepare for the increased cost . |
| 4 | He had been treated for nine months in one hospital and two months in another , and had returned home with recurrent dislocation of one knee and an un-united fracture of the other thigh . |
| 5 | One student looking for employment had finished his grant entitlement in the first quarter of 1984 , and had been job-seeking for six months ( Table 7.2 ) . |
| 6 | The money , under the EC 's Rechar programme , has been frozen for 18 months while the political dispute raged on . |
| 7 | Yet at the time the report was released , the actual company that was used as the basis for the research had been trading for five months and is coping well with a difficult launch period and providing to be highly successful in meeting its targets . |
| 8 | Jo and Ryan had been dating for six months and had progressed some way beyond parking now . |
| 9 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ At Doncaster the buffet was closed , the waiting room looked like it had n't been cleaned for three months , the staff locked themselves in a room and every time we heard an engine and dashed out it was pulling coal wagons . ’ |
| 12 | she said ‘ We 've been going for two months with very long hours . ’ |
| 13 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
| 14 | Well mine ai n't been used for three month . |
| 15 | More than 4,000 tickets have so far been sold for next month 's event which will have as it 's feature bout the fight between Nigel Benn and Italian Mauro Galvano . |
| 16 | The budget is due now , but it has been postponed for three months . |
| 17 | In all they 've questioned twelve present and former members of staff from the school , which has been closed for four months . |
| 18 | He also promised that the country 's schools — which had been closed for two months because of fears of political violence — would reopen within days , and that a civic work programme would be implemented for Haitian youths . |
| 19 | The museum had been closed for several months because of a leaking roof . |
| 20 | The vote resolved a constitutional crisis which had been brewing for some months and which had centred around Slovak demands for far-reaching autonomy in most areas of policy . |
| 21 | If for instance , an employee has been employed for six months or more , the governing body must give the LEA a written statement of the reasons for dismissal . |
| 22 | This latest development in a saga which has been running for many months represents a change of heart by the Saints ' board . |
| 23 | THE paper recycling pilot scheme at LASMO 's Broadgate office has now been running for six months — and the amount of paper being collected each week has doubled . |
| 24 | Take Benjamin Gribble for instance , on the settling day in March 1847 of a contract which had been running for 5 months : |
| 25 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 26 | The figures were much the same after the experiment had been running for three months , but 83% thought the experiment should continue . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Additionally , if you have received treatment or advice for a medical condition during the 2 years before taking up the Hospital Income Plan , your cover for the condition commences after you have been insured for 24 months or if you are admitted to hospital for that condition during this period then as soon after the 24 months as you have been free of in-patient treatment for 12 months . |
| 30 | Sentence had been deferred for 12 months for good behaviour . |