Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] [v-ing] [pers pn] for " in BNC.

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1 I have been watching him for some weeks , and I accuse him publicly — before the whole school ! ’
2 ‘ It might surprise you , Hans , but I have been watching you for some time now .
3 I have been expecting you for a week , ’ he said .
4 Cheapies are fine — I have been using them for years !
5 I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same .
6 I have been growing them for ten years , and for the past two years I have been hybridising .
7 Why , Edward and I have been planning it for days — it has done much to keep up his spirits ! ’
8 Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong .
9 Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong .
10 Now governments and cities are starting to listen to economists , who have been telling them for years that the use of road space should not be a free gift to motorists .
11 ‘ If you have been taking me for granted , ’ Mr O'Hara argued , ‘ then that is my fault .
12 It may be that you have been taking them for so long that you are caught up in a chemical spiral and can not now function without them .
13 I gather you have been chasing them for two weeks for their time .
14 To start with , you might have to go through the whole exercise in order to relax again but , once you have been doing it for some time , you will find that all you need to do is to picture your own peaceful scene and , because the link is permanently there in your subconscious mind , you will immediately begin to feel more peaceful , both mentally and physically .
15 ‘ Oh , yes , we have been hunting them for years .
16 We have been planning it for more than a year .
17 The latest flare-up between the two countries — following last summer 's ball-tampering claims and counter-claims — is a direct result of Graveney 's remarks following the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , when he said : ‘ They have been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’
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