Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [be] [v-ing] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what 's impressive is they 're doing research that we should have been doing for years ! |
| 2 | If it was n't exactly political pessimism of the order of ‘ mourir pour Danzig ’ it must have been alarming for Americans to hear from High Commissioner Pignon 's diplomatic adviser of the feeling that French interests were not important enough to die for because the country was being given over to the Vietnamese and when the war was over French influence would have disappeared . |
| 3 | ‘ He must have been driving for hours . ’ |
| 4 | You might have been driving for years by going over the top of the wheel as a lot of lorry drivers do . |
| 5 | It could have been leaking for months . |
| 6 | You have got to train that person which you could have been doing for years and |
| 7 | While the book may have been disappointing for Books Etc in Charing Cross Road , the overall UK sales were spectacularly good at over 40,000 copies in the trade — a record sale for a Herbert hardback . |
| 8 | Mr Stein would have been looking for chefs , receptionists , back-room staff , chambermaids , gardeners , laundry workers , bar staff , waiters … ’ |