Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [v-ing] for three " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |
| 2 | We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines . |
| 3 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 4 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 5 | this chap was here last week he bought this pine table up , got his key , and he 'd been working for three years in Norway |
| 6 | If he had been working for three days and three nights then it was in the suit he was wearing now , and his shoes had mud on them , and Erlich did n't think Ruane would be impressed . |
| 7 | Now when it 's been travelling for three hours it goes through Manchester . |
| 8 | He 's been going for three hours . |