Example sentences of "'s been [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 2 | But it 's been going on for two years . ’ |
| 3 | it 's been going on for hundreds of years and I do n't see why it should stop . |
| 4 | Erm ironically after I wrote erm the letter was typed on Monday erm to Mr Mr the only lights that have been fixed since are the ones at the end of my street and the next street not as I complained about ones on the main road erm there 's an example that 's been going on for many months where a problem , an acknowledged problem of access existed which was the reason for delay but that as I understand it has been overcome some time ago now and it 's still there , this is a group of seven lights together , the lot , erm these lights are still out , they 're not in my ward in fact , they 're just . |
| 5 | ‘ I was sorry to see it go in a way , but on the other hand it 's been laid up for many years and now it 's going to give pleasure to other people . |