Example sentences of "i 've been [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 2 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 3 | I 've been looking for a pair of doctor martins ca n't find any . |
| 4 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 5 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend . |
| 7 | ‘ In the letter , Tristram said ‘ I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend ’ . |
| 8 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been walking for a week . ’ |
| 10 | I 've been lurking for a couple of months now and I had a couple thoughts : |
| 11 | " Actually I think I 'm rather hungry — I 've been longing for a sandwich . |