Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv] [been] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | ‘ I 've certainly been criticised for that . |
| 4 | I 've never been forgiven for that . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ There have been certain views about Nigel all the time and I 've sometimes been criticised for not playing him . |
| 6 | And again there will be the same erm circumstances that I have just been describing for other people applying here . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | ‘ It 's because I have n't been winning for a while and I am desperate . |
| 9 | ‘ But Gary — I have n't been spying for you ! |
| 10 | I have unsuccessfully been searching for a set of military rear bumpers . |
| 11 | I have now been retired for nearly five and a half years . |
| 12 | ‘ I have always been prepared for that . |
| 13 | ‘ I was a millionaire almost overnight about ten years ago so I have never been motivated for money . |