Example sentences of "[been] speaking for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , I recall being present at a formal state banquet in Malawi when the Life President , His Excellency the very elderly Dr Hastings Banda , had been speaking for 45 minutes proposing the toast and had still only reached 1947 . |
| 2 | He had been speaking for some five minutes or more with force and conviction , carried away by the things which concerned him greatly . |
| 3 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 4 | Both countries had been speaking for some time of their desire to improve relations , without making much progress . |
| 5 | Film shown on Algerian television that same evening recorded that he had been speaking for some minutes . |