Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] been [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 've been ringing you for days . |
2 | ‘ I 've been holding them for your decision . ’ |
3 | And er I feel I 've been wearing one for about twenty five years and I feel a lot better , I feel I feel as if I look good in a wig . |
4 | So , NME , you 've reached 40 and I 've been reading you for more than half that time . |
5 | ‘ I 've been eating it for years but it 's weird . |
6 | I mean about , what , recently I 've been getting it for ages and this time it was n't there , and I , and I thought to myself dam it I 'm not going |
7 | I 've been taping us for ages though , we 've been talking about comple , I mean I 've got conversations about Thelma and Louise on here about fifteen million times and Drop Dead Fred 's original I ai n't done him yet . |
8 | You 're only , I think you 're only supposed to use them for a , a few months , I 've been using them for about three years . |
9 | ‘ I 've been taking it for two and a half years . |
10 | She said , ‘ Because I 've been feeding you for all these years and buying your shoes and your clothes ! ’ |
11 | ‘ I 've been chewing them for the past twenty minutes ! ’ |
12 | ‘ I 've been chasing you for eight miles . |
13 | I 've been seeing her for three years . ’ |
14 | I 've been seeing her for 3 and a half years . |
15 | ‘ It 's O.K. , I 've been selling them for twelve , I think I 've got the knack ’ I said . |
16 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
17 | I 've been doing it for years . |
18 | I used to say Uncle I do n't lie , you know you 're do oh I 've been doing it for years you all that sort of thing you know . |
19 | ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’ |
20 | I 've been doing it for |
21 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
22 | Well I 've been doing it for a |
23 | I mean I 've been doing it for such a long time now it 's important to me to go on doing it , but then that might be rather like it 's important for you to go on doing physics , is n't it ? |
24 | I 've been restraining myself for six and a half years ! |
25 | I 've been doin' it for thirty years , since old Doyle died . |
26 | I have been watching him for some weeks , and I accuse him publicly — before the whole school ! ’ |
27 | ‘ It might surprise you , Hans , but I have been watching you for some time now . |
28 | ‘ I have been expecting you for a week , ’ he said . |
29 | Cheapies are fine — I have been using them for years ! |
30 | I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same . |