Example sentences of "been [verb] for ages " in BNC.
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| 1 | As is often the case , some last-minute idea blossoms while what had seemed a brilliant solution and been pondered for ages falls quite flat . |
| 2 | The whole family are coming , it 's all been arranged for ages — and I 'm not there ! ’ |
| 3 | I reckon I should nearly be home by now — I been walking for ages . |
| 4 | And proud too , cos blimey , I been walking for ages and when I get back home she 'll think I been real clever to find my own way back , and I ai n't got a yellow card or nothing . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been knocking for ages and all ye do is laugh up at me . ’ |
| 6 | I have been looking for ages for a Victorian birdbath , without much success . |
| 7 | He scored another victory recently when the Labour Party abolished the unions ' block vote in the leadership elections , something he had been advocating for ages . |
| 8 | I 've been searching for ages . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We 've been waiting for ages , ’ said Angalo . |
| 10 | I 've been waiting for ages . ’ |
| 11 | It is the same spray material that has been used for ages on potatoes and other crops , and can be a great help here also . |
| 12 | I 'm dying to try out my hairdressing skills and I 've got these two absolutely sumptuous dresses which have n't been worn for ages . |
| 13 | ‘ These schools have long been a closed shop and many have n't been inspected for ages . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd been expecting for ages to hear you two were getting engaged . |
| 15 | It does n't matter it 's been recording for ages . |
| 16 | I have been recording for ages . |
| 17 | Alright , fair enough , you accepted what we 've been saying for ages that we had to go to voluntary competitive tendering right . |
| 18 | But I mean , one of the things that we 've got on with at the moment is that we 've been saying for ages , you 've got to get your you 've got to get us involved at design stage . |
| 19 | He had also been talking for ages to Broadman , and Ymor had seen a piece of paper change hands . |
| 20 | Cos that 's been shut for ages in n it ? |
| 21 | and I 've been trying for ages but there just has n't been any cos |