Example sentences of "you have been [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be the day you deleted the thesis you 'd been writing for the last year , or the time the system crashed while you were giving a presentation in front of a thousand people . |
| 2 | So , you did so many miles per hour , we calculated , you would have done so many miles if you 'd been going for a full hour at that speed , so your dis your , your speed , velocity really but we 'll call it speed , right ? |
| 3 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 4 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 5 | ‘ Dr Williams said , ‘ You 've been spoiling for a fight , now you 've got it ’ ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months ! |
| 9 | If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Listen , Piper , first , you have been sleeping for the past hour , and second , I think the Germans are counter attacking . |
| 11 | You learn by doing , because you have been talking for a long time . |