Example sentences of "[vb base] been [v-ing] [det] for a " in BNC.
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1 | I 've been doing that for a long , long time . |
2 | They 've been doing that for a they take it from and they put it in cheap cheap labour . |
3 | But he 's not the sort of person that 'll say ah yeah we 've been doing this for a little while , why do n't we just take off and go somewhere and fuck it , fuck it , let's just go and do something together he 's the sort of person that they would settle down into this safe little life and , which would n't actually be that safe for Vanessa , it 'd be very very you know , much what Dangerous wants to do . |
4 | 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 ? |
5 | I have been contemplating this for a while and would love advice from other knitters who have tried it ! |