Example sentences of "i 've been [v-ing] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No he said , I ca n't give it back to you , you 're the person that I 've been looking for all my life . |
| 2 | I 've been looking for that all week ! |
| 3 | So it 's really settling in and I 've been waiting for that to happen . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been waiting for that featherbrained bird to buzz off , ’ said the frog . |
| 5 | that 's what I 've been waiting for that ten , ten do it again |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been waiting for this , ’ says Iain . |
| 7 | I 've been waiting for this moment all week . |
| 8 | I 've been waiting for this for so long that I do n't think I can wait any longer — ’ |
| 9 | I 've been waiting for this chance since the days of the Witch of Endor . |
| 10 | I 've been waiting for this day all week . |
| 11 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 12 | I 've been recording for this |
| 13 | I 've been meaning for many weeks now to pass on 's French address , which filtered through to us in January — but of course you may already have had it from or heard from Janet yourself . |
| 14 | I 've been planning for this , too , over the last few days . |
| 15 | You might remember I 've been pressing for this for about eighteen bloody months . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been running for several years but only up to half marathon distance , ’ he says . |