Example sentences of "it have been [v-ing] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others have progressed rapidly in the beginning , only to experience considerable difficulty in overcoming the final hurdle — almost as though the mind was loath to give up a fear to which it had been clinging for years . |
| 2 | Then , towards the end of January , people noticed that at least one boar was coming right up to the village in its nighttime foraging : there were tracks in the snow and patches of scratched earth where it had been digging for roots . |
| 3 | It had been disintegrating for years , mainly because Durance had tired of that sort of pressure . |
| 4 | It had been waiting for weeks . |
| 5 | It does n't matter it 's been recording for ages . |
| 6 | It 's been dripping for weeks and Timmy 's always falling about in the mud . ’ |