Example sentences of "we [verb] been [v-ing] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd been using it for a while since we had to leave Riverside Studios , trying out a couple of new singers . |
| 2 | Eventually it was he who told her mother when she was about eight months pregnant : " We 'd been planning it for ages to tell them but we had n't had the nerve to get round to it . |
| 3 | We 've been watching them for weeks . ’ |
| 4 | Keith goes on : ‘ We 've been doing it for three or four months now and the only problem was when somebody tripped running to the B stage , fell down and scraped their elbow ! ’ |
| 5 | I , I think most people would feel , we 've been doing it for such a while |
| 6 | He said , ‘ No , I have statements , I have witnesses and we 've been surveying you for the last four months . ’ |
| 7 | Not that she 'll recognize ye , her sight 's none too good , but we 've been tellin' her for days ye 'd be coming . ’ |
| 8 | We 've been importing it for centuries . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , yes , we have been hunting them for years . |
| 10 | We have been planning it for more than a year . |