Example sentences of "been in [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others have been in existence for years , yet seem to hold out little hope of attracting new recruits . |
| 2 | The camp and many others like it had been in existence for years . |
| 3 | But I said , that they 've been in bathrooms for years like ! |
| 4 | Nor do they always distinguish Turks who have been in Germany for years from recent ‘ economic migrants ’ . |
| 5 | He plays Jeremy Conway , a spy who 's been in Britain for years achieving a powerful position with a large London bank . |
| 6 | As far as Comfort knew , they had returned to the States for the duration , although in fact they had been in London for part of the time , working for the Free French , and back in France for most of the rest . |
| 7 | You have n't been in London for months , so it must be someone from round here . |
| 8 | It has always been in order for Ministers on the Front Bench to read their answers and it has never been in order for hon. Members to read their questions . |
| 9 | Only the skylit fifth floor opens permanently on 19 February with an expanded sampling of the museum 's contemporary collection , much of which has been in storage for years , and with a long-term installation of a promised gift of twenty-seven works by American abstract artist Leon Polk Smith ( b. 1906 ) . |
| 10 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , has been in Denmark for EC crisis talks following their recent referendum rejecting the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 11 | ( It is interesting to note that the Jeffery family have been in Donhead for centuries as The Visitation of Wilts 1565 records that the first wife of Alderman Thomas Pople of Salisbury , was ‘ Katherine , daughter to John Jeffery of Doned Marie , Dorset ’ . ) |
| 12 | The child is right , this escalator , like so many on the London Underground network , has not been in operation for months . |
| 13 | Said manager John Bell : ‘ The Canadians are building a huge power plant in Ontario and already they have been in touch for guidance on how we operate our laundry system . ’ |
| 14 | And er video camera and lighting among them and er they look as if they 've been in place for hours . |
| 15 | Macmillan 's exceptionally successful Mexican operation has been in place for years but now Mexico is everyone 's tip for the top — ‘ The most exciting country in the region , ’ says David Phillips of Linguaphone ; ‘ The biggest without doubt , ’ says David Stewart . |
| 16 | Theoretically , she can dissolve Parliament without advice , but the right has been in abeyance for years . |
| 17 | You could even have a personalised château holiday , enjoying the hospitality of a family who may well have been in residence for generations . |
| 18 | It is an old ship-building town , it once produced a massive proportion of British vessels , but it has been in decline for decades . |
| 19 | The Secretary of State said that British Coal 's market has been in decline for decades . |
| 20 | I 've been in prison for assault , robbery , shoplifting and burglary . |