Example sentences of "i [vb base] been [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 3 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been waiting for the battery to run down . |
| 5 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |
| 6 | and they can put that on the recorder but I 've been told for the last two and a half years by this government that I am not unemployed . |
| 7 | Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been excused for the moment . |
| 9 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 10 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
| 11 | Look at the times I 've been refused for the forces . |
| 12 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 13 | One way to give ourselves new heart is to go where books and readers meet , and this is what I have been doing for the past year , working in secondary schools on research funded by the British Library . |
| 14 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I have been waiting for the last three years for an opportunity like this and I see it as the right time in my career to take it . |
| 16 | During the time I have been working for the playgroup I have come into contact with about 200 children . |