Example sentences of "i 've been [verb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heaven knows , I 've been telling people for years , and , strangely , it is n't entirely untrue . |
| 2 | I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been using Departures for nearly ten years , with mixed nationality classes and with monolingual groups . |
| 4 | I 've been taking chlorambucil for six days now and the lumps are diminishing with staggering rapidity . |
| 5 | I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on . |
| 7 | Now I I 've been selling hairpieces for twenty three years so I 'm probably better in a better position than anybody here to explain the emotions of men who 're losing their hair . |
| 8 | I 've been making sketches for a painting I shall do when I 'm free . |
| 9 | I 've been keeping watch for a week or two . |
| 10 | I 've been claiming benefits for 18 months and this offer is a complete surprise . |
| 11 | I 'm thirty-five and I 've been playing drums for thirty years , almost . |
| 12 | Having granted permission to go ashore , I 've been promised trout for supper , although he 's never caught anything worth eating yet . |