Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've [be] [v-ing] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 Heaven knows , I 've been telling people for years , and , strangely , it is n't entirely untrue .
2 I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem .
3 I 've been using Departures for nearly ten years , with mixed nationality classes and with monolingual groups .
4 I 've been taking chlorambucil for six days now and the lumps are diminishing with staggering rapidity .
5 I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years .
6 I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on .
7 Now I I 've been selling hairpieces for twenty three years so I 'm probably better in a better position than anybody here to explain the emotions of men who 're losing their hair .
8 I 've been making sketches for a painting I shall do when I 'm free .
9 I 've been keeping watch for a week or two .
10 I 've been claiming benefits for 18 months and this offer is a complete surprise .
11 I 'm thirty-five and I 've been playing drums for thirty years , almost .
12 You 've been telling people for two years that you 'll never be an investigator again .
13 In fact , we in methodism we 've been ordaining women for the last twenty-five years , and it has become as natural as breathing to us .
14 Indeed , we 've been running courses for several years now , both for primary and secondary level , to help those teachers who are particularly enthusiastic , and also to form a sort of resource for them .
15 ROS : Oh no — we 've been spinning coins for as long as I remember .
16 We 've been doing Bona-Fido for about two years but still get some guests who do n't realise they could have brought their dogs along , ’ he said .
17 I said , I said we 've been doing boundaries for the trial park today and they ran out of passes and gave us these and said they 'd be alright .
18 Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right
19 You see even when they tell the truth , if they 've been telling lies for a long time , even if they , when they tell the truth you do n't believe them
20 And although you 're right that they 've been selling flowers for a long time , they underwent a massive re-fit recently .
21 THEY 'VE been making room for murder at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , Guildford this week , and proved that given the right stage , crime certainly does pay .
22 They 've been rescuing companies for so long they do it automatically now , I expect .
23 Tenants in a house at Brockworth near Gloucester , who say they 've been paying rent for six months , barracaded themselves in when they heard they were being evicted because their landlord had defaulted on his mortgage .
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