Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [pers pn] for [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're only , I think you 're only supposed to use them for a , a few months , I 've been using them for about three years . |
| 2 | ‘ She has been doing it for about three years . |
| 3 | But you you 've got the drift and as long as I I persuade people to listen to the people who 've been doing it for so long |
| 4 | You 've been saying it for so long . |
| 5 | It may be that you have been taking them for so long that you are caught up in a chemical spiral and can not now function without them . |
| 6 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 7 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 8 | The expression that had been haunting her for nearly two days . |
| 9 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 10 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |