Example sentences of "they have been [v-ing] that [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | They 've been threatening that for the last fifteen minutes or so . |
2 | They 've been doing that for a they take it from and they put it in cheap cheap labour . |
3 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
4 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
5 | But they 've they 've been doing that since er last century . |
6 | Of claims that the relationship was one of passionate intimacy , the brigadier said : ‘ They have been suggesting that for some time . |
7 | But they have been saying that for 20 years . |