Example sentences of "they have been [v-ing] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been sitting still for too long . |
| 2 | Lots of inquiries about Foster and Allen they 're coming on the programme later they 've just got number one for the first time with their new video with their new single I do n't know I 'm not quite sure we 'll find out when they get here well they 've just got number one for the first time and they 've been trying hard for a long time . |
| 3 | They 've been planning this for months . |
| 4 | They 've been threatening that for the last fifteen minutes or so . |
| 5 | They 've been doing that for a they take it from and they put it in cheap cheap labour . |
| 6 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 7 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 8 | Of claims that the relationship was one of passionate intimacy , the brigadier said : ‘ They have been suggesting that for some time . |
| 9 | But they have been saying that for 20 years . |