Example sentences of "i have been [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been lost here for eight years . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But it is such a useful box , ’ she said , ‘ I have been looking about for one like it . |
| 3 | ‘ I have been coming here for nine years and have a feel for the heart of the city and this song says it all . ’ |
| 4 | Celia and I have been battling away for months now and we do n't seem to be getting anywhere . |
| 5 | I have been arguing here for what might be termed appropriate research , analogous to the notion of appropriate technology . |
| 6 | Eyes turned to boarded up windows and rubbish strewn in gardens and the depressing picture moved the prince to say : ‘ This is why I have been going on for so long about architecture in the environment . ’ |
| 7 | My boyfriend and I have been going out for six weeks and everything is wonderful but it takes me honestly two hours to reach orgasm . |
| 8 | I have been waiting only for that so that I might go . ’ |
| 9 | The present conjuncture is uniquely dreadful because , as I have been predicting emphatically for at least two years , we now have , all at the same time , unemployment rising towards three million , falling output and investment , and a balance of payments that is still in substantial deficit . |