Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [v-ing] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been doing this for over ten years . |
| 2 | I have been doing this for the past 15 years . |
| 3 | I have been contemplating this for a while and would love advice from other knitters who have tried it ! |
| 4 | We have been using these for only a number of weeks now , but the response has been very encouraging . |
| 5 | ‘ It is interesting that a major conservation charity like the Trust has been served with a writ now , when we have been doing this for 30 years at Blickling , ’ he added . |
| 6 | Of claims that the relationship was one of passionate intimacy , the brigadier said : ‘ They have been suggesting that for some time . |
| 7 | But they have been saying that for 20 years . |
| 8 | Has not the time come at last — some of us have been saying this for a long time — for my right hon. Friend , or his successor , to consider seriously the alternative policy that many have advocated : administrative devolution , or short-term integration ? |