Example sentences of "been [v-ing] this [noun sg] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been imagining this meeting for some time . |
| 2 | I had been expecting this news for some time but it still came as a terrible shock . |
| 3 | ‘ Some of the stuff is very '70s sounding , but then again , as we 've been doing this thing for such a long time , I guess it 's kinda cool that all that is back in vogue . |
| 4 | I hope to visit relevant training programmes in the Philippines and Southern Africa , where possible participating as a trainee , in order to learn from the experience of those who have been undertaking this work for some years ; and to identify elements in the training processes which may be transferrable or adaptable to a UK situation . |
| 5 | In the 1940s an interest in genetic studies came to the fore , although several German investigators had already been following this line for some years . |