Example sentences of "[vb base] be [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's when you 've been flying them for a few days consecutively that it ( pardon the pun ) dawns on them that they could escape and find out what 's over the next hill . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been chewing them for the past twenty minutes ! ’ |
| 3 | He said , ‘ No , I have statements , I have witnesses and we 've been surveying you for the last four months . ’ |
| 4 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
| 5 | A good A&R Manager can earn sixty or seventy grand , whilst successful A&R Directors can earn upwards of a hundred grand and considerably more if they 've been doing it for a while . ’ |
| 6 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 7 | Well I 've been doing it for a |
| 8 | ‘ I have been expecting you for a week , ’ he said . |
| 9 | If , however , he believes in the right to a free and independent trade union , let him grant that right to the employees at the Government communications headquarters , who have been denied it for the past eight years . |
| 10 | That 's what I said Norman , women have been doing it for a lot longer . |