Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] 've been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know I 've been dieting for week and I feel |
| 2 | You mean she thinks you 've been spying for me ! |
| 3 | You might remember I 've been pressing for this for about eighteen bloody months . |
| 4 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
| 5 | Fastext for quick access to teletext and a full function infra-red remote control make this small portable the second set you 've been waiting for ! |
| 6 | Oxford ca n't grumble they 've been winning for 15 years … its Cambridge 's turn but Oxford will be back on top next year |
| 7 | As all the world knows I 'm now 61 so it follows I 've been playing for yonks , interrupted only by a broken leg and two children . |
| 8 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |