Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [be] [v-ing] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been doing it for five years . |
| 2 | And I 'd been paying it for two years then |
| 3 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 4 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 5 | I had been polishing it for what seemed hours and you could now see your face in it perfectly . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been eating it for years but it 's weird . |
| 7 | I mean about , what , recently I 've been getting it for ages and this time it was n't there , and I , and I thought to myself dam it I 'm not going |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been taking it for two and a half years . |
| 9 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
| 10 | I 've been doing it for years . |
| 11 | I used to say Uncle I do n't lie , you know you 're do oh I 've been doing it for years you all that sort of thing you know . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’ |
| 13 | I 've been doing it for |
| 14 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 15 | Well I 've been doing it for a |
| 16 | I mean I 've been doing it for such a long time now it 's important to me to go on doing it , but then that might be rather like it 's important for you to go on doing physics , is n't it ? |
| 17 | I 've been doin' it for thirty years , since old Doyle died . |
| 18 | I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same . |
| 19 | Why , Edward and I have been planning it for days — it has done much to keep up his spirits ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ She has been doing it for about three years . |
| 21 | She has been doing it for three years and expects to be working on it for at least another three . |
| 22 | You 'd been planning it for about |
| 23 | She 'd been avoiding it for so long , but she had no choice about facing it now . |
| 24 | You you 've been taking it for how long ? |
| 25 | So to find out how much you 've used , you 've got to multiply it by how long you 've been using it for . |
| 26 | You 've been saying it for so long . |
| 27 | I started out that way and not listening to the people you 've been doing it for years and say this is the way you do it . |
| 28 | It was ten o'clock and she had been ignoring it for half an hour . |
| 29 | She had been planning it for months now , and it was vitally important . |
| 30 | 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 . |