Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [pers pn] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She explained that Lazaris came through to her via a medium who went into a trance , and had been helping her for the previous eight years .
2 He 'd been using it for the Open .
3 He said , ‘ No , I have statements , I have witnesses and we 've been surveying you for the last four months . ’
4 That was it until handover on Monday , which she hoped would be enough time to shake off the cold that had been dogging her for the last couple of days .
5 Liz Ablewhite was offered , and graciously accepted , the Alethea Ward Scholarship in Natural Sciences ( an annual college award specifically designated by Dr Ward , 1853–1935 , for female students of medicine from the County of Yorkshire , her own home county ) , the goal towards which her mother had been directing her for the past ten years .
6 The BBC 's film review programme is 21 years old today — and Barry , 59 , has been presenting it for the last 20 .
7 He 's been hiding me for the last couple of days . ’
8 But I 've not been taking them for the last week .
9 In doing so , he had to jettison most of what those close to him had been telling him for the past 16 months .
10 ‘ I 've been chewing them for the past twenty minutes ! ’
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