Example sentences of "i [verb] been [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he pretended I 'd been bothering him for something , he was clever about it , it seemed real . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd been doing it for five years . |
| 3 | And I 'd been paying it for two years then |
| 4 | ‘ I realised I had been watching them for 15 minutes . |
| 5 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 6 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 7 | I had been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , he typed , as Harsnet had written . |
| 8 | I had been preparing myself for as long as I can remember , preparing myself ( though I did not always realize it ) from the day that I was born , preparing myself , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , but always aware of the dangers of beginning too soon . |
| 9 | I had been polishing it for what seemed hours and you could now see your face in it perfectly . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been ringing you for days . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been holding them for your decision . ’ |
| 12 | And er I feel I 've been wearing one for about twenty five years and I feel a lot better , I feel I feel as if I look good in a wig . |
| 13 | So , NME , you 've reached 40 and I 've been reading you for more than half that time . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been eating it for years but it 's weird . |
| 15 | I mean about , what , recently I 've been getting it for ages and this time it was n't there , and I , and I thought to myself dam it I 'm not going |
| 16 | I 've been taping us for ages though , we 've been talking about comple , I mean I 've got conversations about Thelma and Louise on here about fifteen million times and Drop Dead Fred 's original I ai n't done him yet . |
| 17 | You 're only , I think you 're only supposed to use them for a , a few months , I 've been using them for about three years . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been taking it for two and a half years . |
| 19 | She said , ‘ Because I 've been feeding you for all these years and buying your shoes and your clothes ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been chewing them for the past twenty minutes ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been chasing you for eight miles . |
| 22 | I 've been seeing her for three years . ’ |
| 23 | I 've been seeing her for 3 and a half years . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's O.K. , I 've been selling them for twelve , I think I 've got the knack ’ I said . |
| 25 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
| 26 | I 've been doing it for years . |
| 27 | I used to say Uncle I do n't lie , you know you 're do oh I 've been doing it for years you all that sort of thing you know . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’ |
| 29 | I 've been doing it for |
| 30 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |