Example sentences of "[pron] have [been] [v-ing] it for " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd been doing it for five years . |
2 | And I 'd been paying it for two years then |
3 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
4 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
5 | I had been polishing it for what seemed hours and you could now see your face in it perfectly . |
6 | ‘ I 've been eating it for years but it 's weird . |
7 | 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 |
8 | ‘ I 've been taking it for two and a half years . |
9 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
10 | I 've been doing it for years . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’ |
13 | I 've been doing it for |
14 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
15 | Well I 've been doing it for a |
16 | 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 ? |
17 | I 've been doin' it for thirty years , since old Doyle died . |
18 | I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same . |
19 | Why , Edward and I have been planning it for days — it has done much to keep up his spirits ! ’ |
20 | ‘ She has been doing it for about three years . |
21 | She has been doing it for three years and expects to be working on it for at least another three . |
22 | You 'd been planning it for about |
23 | She 'd been avoiding it for so long , but she had no choice about facing it now . |
24 | All the ones , the old secretaries who 've been using it for years think it 's absolutely wonderful . |
25 | And those of yo you who 've been doing it for some time will now realise how easy it has made the momegiture . |
26 | But you you 've got the drift and as long as I I persuade people to listen to the people who 've been doing it for so long |
27 | And listening to the people who 've been doing it for years . |
28 | You you 've been taking it for how long ? |
29 | So to find out how much you 've used , you 've got to multiply it by how long you 've been using it for . |
30 | You 've been saying it for so long . |