Example sentences of "i [verb] been [v-ing] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter I had been intending to read for years and , by happenstance , had come across a cheap edition in a book sale just days before setting out . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been trying to go for the last half-hour , ’ he whispered , ‘ but you wo n't let go of my neck ! ’ |
| 3 | I 've been trying to sleep for the last half-hour , and I ca n't . |
| 4 | ‘ Something I 've been wanting to do for quite some time . |
| 5 | As I 've started writing to ya now , I might as well ask you some stuff that I 've been dying to ask for ages . |
| 6 | By way of example , Figure 7 shows a system that I have been helping to develop for some ten years now ( Smith and Rothman , 1980 ) . |