Example sentences of "been [verb] for several [noun] " 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 ‘ At the alleged places of detention , ’ Mr Ahtisaari said , ‘ the facilities were found to have been stripped of all valuable material and not to have been inhabited for several weeks at least . ’
3 • In rodents , rhythms continue to develop in animals that have been reared for several generations in constant conditions .
4 But although it had now been raining for several hours , there was not the least damp or cold either in the deep runs or in the many burrows that they passed .
5 Many had been decomposing for several weeks .
6 Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours .
7 They 've already been walking for several weeks , many carrying their possessions in their school bags .
8 The award for best British film went to The Crying Game , which , along with Howards End , has been nominated for several Oscars .
9 The door is locked and the windows are covered with grime ; in the silence the whole place looks as if it has not been occupied for several weeks .
10 Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions .
11 There is some evidence that cervical cancer is more common in women who smoke cigarettes , especially heavy smokers or women who have been smoking for several years .
12 Philip Larkin had already published two novels — Jill ( 1946 ) and A Girl in Winter ( 1947 ) — before he established himself in 1955 , with The Less Deceived , as the best poet of his generation ; and John Osborne 's first play ever to reach the public theatre , Look Back in Anger ( 1956 ) , was written by an actor untouched by academia who had been writing for several years and a stranger to all of them .
13 They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks .
14 But while the exact timing of this pattern of events was unusual , the return of the overall pattern in the early 1980s comes as little surprise to some researchers , who have been warning for several years that a new drought cycle was due .
15 Register Office , handful of guests , parents optional , drink-up at couple 's house ( in which they 've been living for several years already ) .
16 The US and North Korean governments had been communicating for several years at a low level through the US embassy in Beijing .
17 We have been told for several centuries now that every child is naturally different and it is therefore wrong to impose on one the mould which has been prepared for others unlike it .
18 Manning Jackson had been fretting for several minutes .
19 At what I called the Winter Marsh inlet , though it was not called anything on the map , there was a wooden quay in what struck me as remarkably good condition for a structure that presumably had not been used for several years .
20 The museum had been closed for several months because of a leaking roof .
21 A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains running at less flexible times .
22 A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains at less flexible times .
23 One EC official said yesterday that the problem of fraud involving the Vatican had been understood for several years , and that attempts were being made to stamp it out .
24 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 .
25 Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down .
26 Among the host of popular classes that have been running for several years — upholstery , art , body conditioning , keep fit , body talk , jazz dance , electronic organ , and two levels of French — there are also the more recent additions of appreciation of poetry , yoga for beginners and dressmaking .
27 This new magazine is modelled on the successful ‘ English Civil War Notes & Queries ’ which has been running for several years .
28 ‘ I 've been running for several years but only up to half marathon distance , ’ he says .
29 Duncan , whose health had been failing for several years , died in West Park , Elgin , 23 May 1863 .
30 ‘ I did n't even know of them until later on in my teens , after I 'd been recording for several years .
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