Example sentences of "[conj] you have [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted . |
| 2 | ‘ Your uncle Orrin tells us that you have been missing for months , not travelling with the Parslows as we thought , and when you surface again you have the gall to question us . ’ |
| 3 | If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) . |
| 4 | You learn by doing , because you have been talking for a long time . |
| 5 | After you have been walking for about ten minutes take your pulse . |
| 6 | When you have been teaching for as long as I have you 'll realise that it 's no good at all being kind to children . |