Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [adj] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been tired of it for years … |
| 2 | We 've been used to it for centuries . |
| 3 | I did n't I mean I know I 've been married to him for thir twenty five year but did n't know her all that . |
| 4 | No in in your memory , of course , you 've been involved in it for a long time , have n't you ? |
| 5 | You 've been worrying about it for years . |
| 6 | I do n't know exactly how long , but I 've been aware of it for the last eighteen months . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've been hard at it for several weeks now , and have no intention of giving up now , ’ said a spokesman , who also rebutted claims by Irish politicians that Scottish Enterprise has used a dirty tricks campaign to ensure Digital remains in Scotland . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been miserable with you for five years , Dimitri . |
| 9 | ‘ The press have been decent about it for years ; even the Opposition has n't suggested that his attitudes affected my credibility or my wife 's . |
| 10 | Discussion of issues surrounding electronic records is not novel ; archivists have been concerned with them for at least the last three decades . |
| 11 | I think the Algerians have been angry with him for some time and are prepared to let Polisario have a free hand . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I have been aware of it for some little while . |