Example sentences of "i have [been] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | During the time I have been working for the playgroup I have come into contact with about 200 children . |