Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 2 | so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that . |
| 3 | Do you know I 've been dieting for week and I feel |
| 4 | He says I have been flying for four years . |
| 5 | You might remember I 've been pressing for this for about eighteen bloody months . |
| 6 | I hold the view very strongly — and I know I have been criticised for it — that when a government has not got great experience , is a minority government , it is essential if you can possibly support it that it should be able to speak with a strong voice to the countries of the world . |
| 7 | ‘ When I heard I had been chosen for the full squad , it was a bit of a shock , but it really was a dream come true . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I feel I 've been taken for a fool . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | See I 've been coming for years with mouth ulcers . |