Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [adv] for an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age . |
| 2 | I 've been wandering round for an hour swearing at everbody and everything . |
| 3 | Musicians have been waiting impatiently for an application to read printed musical scores and convert them into MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface files for output on keyboards and synthesisers . |
| 4 | ‘ You mean to say we have been sitting here for an hour with a motorbike and sidecar parked outside ? ’ |
| 5 | You 've been sitting there for an hour watching the fire almost go out . |