Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] that [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It jolted me into making the decision to quit , but I 'd been moving that way for a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd been growing that beard for 10 years and had grown quite accustomed to it , ’ says the now clean shaven Chris . |
| 3 | Earl Grey was so English , so sedate , and maybe Ilsa had been living that way for fifty years . |
| 4 | The negro was obviously homosexual and I realized that homosexuals had been buying that stuff for years . |
| 5 | ‘ I believe he had been planning that warning for some time . |