Example sentences of "i 've be [v-ing] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been cooking for 7 years now , including my school , my cookery school . |
| 2 | ‘ Lucky devil , I 've been trying for eight years and still have n't cracked it yet . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been trying for forty years and the margin of error 's still about eighty per cent . ’ |
| 4 | And I 've been living for seven years ! |
| 5 | Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’ |
| 7 | I 've been waiting for four or five games , so it 's a bit of a relief . ’ |
| 8 | I 've been waiting for forty years for it |
| 9 | ‘ Take my word for it , I 've been going for 30 years since the well was a bucket in a hole in the ground , and there is plenty of water , ’ she said . |
| 10 | I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) . |
| 11 | I can do it , but I 've been driving for two and a half years |
| 12 | I 've been playing for ten years and never hit a hole in one before — now I 've hit two . ’ |