Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been [v-ing] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creating flower wreaths and circles is a family tradition — Elizabeth Jane has been making them for as long as she can remember . |
| 2 | Old body disposer Pugh 's nephew Duncan has been begging me for months to let him play and things have got so desperate I have no choice but to take him on . |
| 3 | Short had been saving him for the Ascot race . |
| 4 | Tom 's been doing it for 18 years . |
| 5 | If the BBC had been planning it for years , it could not have had more authority ’ . |
| 6 | Well , lately I 've begun to understand that God has been punishing me for my pride and my past wickedness . |
| 7 | Well Derek 's been telling her for ages you see , to join the |
| 8 | Christine had been planning hers for weeks . |
| 9 | Worse , Riley had been chiding him for not providing a string of exclusive MacQuillan stories but the ones he had written were being held over until they were out of date or appeared elsewhere . |
| 10 | ROSS STRUDWICK had been telling us for weeks : the London Crusaders can become big-time . |
| 11 | Tulagai was flushed and it was apparent that Jotan had been baiting him for some time . |
| 12 | I did n't have another bridesmaid , nor did I have Southall in a cart , which Clare had been training him for , as a surprise for me . |
| 13 | Margaret had been seeing him for nearly a year and Maura had the feeling that they were going to get married . |