Example sentences of "they have [been] [v-ing] that for " 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 | Of claims that the relationship was one of passionate intimacy , the brigadier said : ‘ They have been suggesting that for some time . |
| 6 | But they have been saying that for 20 years . |