Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] for the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Now , so far er , the acquisitions that have come onto the market have n't really reflected er , the trading conditions in which all companies in this country have been operating for the last eighteen months .
2 What TC said , most people have been saying for the last couple of seasons .
3 ‘ Some of the Wimbledon Dharjees , ’ went on Maisie , ‘ have been waiting for the Twenty-fourth Imam .
4 He said : ‘ I have been waiting for the last three years for an opportunity like this and I see it as the right time in my career to take it .
5 I do n't know then what we have been doing for the last four weeks , when we first asked . ’
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