Example sentences of "[subord] you have [been] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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1 | The trouble was , once you 'd been driving for that long , you drove right through your tiredness and out into a dreamland where only the road was moving . |
2 | So , you did so many miles per hour , we calculated , you would have done so many miles if you 'd been going for a full hour at that speed , so your dis your , your speed , velocity really but we 'll call it speed , right ? |
3 | If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) . |
4 | You learn by doing , because you have been talking for a long time . |
5 | After you have been walking for about ten minutes take your pulse . |
6 | In the end , the quacks and medicine men were left with that strange , disembodied feeling you get when you 've been talking for several minutes to someone who is n't there . |
7 | When you have been teaching for as long as I have you 'll realise that it 's no good at all being kind to children . |