Example sentences of "you have been [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble was , once you 'd been driving for that long , you drove right through your tiredness and out into a dreamland where only the road was moving . |
| 2 | Everything they have in that shop is better than the one you 've been wearing for ten years . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've been asking for this all night ! ’ |
| 4 | In the end , the quacks and medicine men were left with that strange , disembodied feeling you get when you 've been talking for several minutes to someone who is n't there . |
| 5 | Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted . |