Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] for the [adj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |
| 2 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |
| 3 | In times of exchange rate volatility , such as we have been experiencing for the past few years , most overseas buyers will want to be invoiced in their own currency and avoid any exchange risk . |
| 4 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 5 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 6 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |
| 7 | Just as hapless as the plundering Norse overlord he 'd been playing for the past few weeks ! |