Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [been] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd probably been teaching for about four years before I began to have that confidence . |
2 | And when you were in suitably softened mood I was going to tell you how this time I 'd found what I 'd really been looking for all my life . ’ |
3 | Do you remember that evening — I had n't been working for you for very long — and you gave me a lift home ? ’ |
4 | By the time that came along I had already been playing for some time . |
5 | like I 've just said , I 've just been speaking for a whole lesson , my voice is just I 've got to talk to you to explain what we 're doing , so let's quietly |
6 | I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ? |
7 | And again there will be the same erm circumstances that I have just been describing for other people applying here . |
8 | Oh I 'm gon na start going , I have n't been swimming for that long and I 've been saying off and on oh I must go , I must go , but when it 's so cold outside you do n't feel like coming out with all wet hair and all that |
9 | ‘ It 's because I have n't been winning for a while and I am desperate . |
10 | ‘ But Gary — I have n't been spying for you ! |
11 | I have unsuccessfully been searching for a set of military rear bumpers . |