Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] been [v-ing] he for " in BNC.

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1 But he pretended I 'd been bothering him for something , he was clever about it , it seemed real . ’
2 I have been watching him for some weeks , and I accuse him publicly — before the whole school ! ’
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 It was clear that she 'd been taking him for a ride , in that there was no ride in it for him at the end of the process .
6 She had been watching him for half an hour staring out at the view , motionless .
7 Claudia wanted to laugh out loud — that was what she had been telling him for days , but under the joy she was aware of fear making itself known .
8 In doing so , he had to jettison most of what those close to him had been telling him for the past 16 months .
9 He had been pestering him for a while for stories about the grandparents he had never known .
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