Example sentences of "[pron] have been [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 've been waiting for this day all week . |
| 32 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 33 | I 've been recording for this |
| 34 | ‘ Take my word for it , I 've been going for 30 years since the well was a bucket in a hole in the ground , and there is plenty of water , ’ she said . |
| 35 | I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) . |
| 36 | I can do it , but I 've been driving for two and a half years |
| 37 | I 've been meaning for many weeks now to pass on 's French address , which filtered through to us in January — but of course you may already have had it from or heard from Janet yourself . |
| 38 | I 've been planning for this , too , over the last few days . |
| 39 | You might remember I 've been pressing for this for about eighteen bloody months . |
| 40 | ‘ I 've been running for several years but only up to half marathon distance , ’ he says . |
| 41 | I 've been playing for ten years and never hit a hole in one before — now I 've hit two . ’ |
| 42 | The wood at the back of the painting was deeply scored with a dagger as if someone had been searching for some secret crevice or compartment . |
| 43 | He says I have been flying for four years . |
| 44 | I have been flying for twenty years and doing aerobatics for ten years , having been taught to fly by my celebrated husband Tim , of Nealey Air Shows , in Chicago . |
| 45 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |
| 46 | The trouble is my boyfriend , with whom I have been living for six months , thinks I should use the money to pay off our overdraft . |
| 47 | I have been looking for that ever since I first became involved in politics . |
| 48 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
| 49 | I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so . |
| 50 | ‘ I have been going for 18 years and you get fan-tastic value for money , ’ he said . |
| 51 | McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer . |
| 52 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
| 53 | ‘ I have been waiting for this , you know . |
| 54 | In France , where I have been working for two years , the government understands the need for cultural things . |
| 55 | ‘ I have been working for 19 months and was on the dole for five years before that , ’ he said . |
| 56 | Their goodness has helped to make up the huge amount of goodness which has been accumulating for thousands of years and which we call the Created God . ’ |
| 57 | A further example is when an organisation which has been trading for many decades finds itself increasingly out of touch with the market and the organisation 's internal culture and style is no longer appropriate to the markets it is trying to address . |
| 58 | This latest development in a saga which has been running for many months represents a change of heart by the Saints ' board . |
| 59 | Take the High Road , which has been running for 13 years , does n't make the ratings tables because it is not slotted in a peak viewing time across the country . |
| 60 | The worry for regular viewers to the series which has been running for 19 years , is that the ethos of the programme may be changed to pander to the larger English audience . |