Example sentences of "i have been [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one thing Harlow is the sort of town which I 'd been agitating for both before and after the war whenever I was speaking on behalf of the Labour Party both at street corners and at public meetings on the type of life we vis envisaged for a normal person in the land . |
| 2 | The moment I 'd been waiting for so long had arrived . |
| 3 | And it brought home to me with a rush something which had been slowly dawning on me ever since I joined the Air Force ; that I had been spoiled for quite a long time now . |
| 4 | I had been playing for about five minutes when there was a very loud explosion very close at hand . |
| 5 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |
| 6 | Now , after I had been walking for only seventeen days , I had almost forgotten those words . |
| 7 | I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me . |
| 8 | Duncan and I had been talking for about ten minutes or more and swatting the increasing number of mosquitoes that always arrived in force at this time of the evening . |
| 9 | I 've been going for so long I can do everything . |
| 10 | I 've been juggling for about 5 months and it 's a good place to meet new friends . |
| 11 | Like Mr Nicholson , I have been commuting for more than ten years from Fife , but hardly ever by car , which I find is too nerve-wracking and frustrating an experience and almost as bad as commuting by bus . |
| 12 | I have been playing for about 13 years now , and doing so for pleasure . |
| 13 | She said : ‘ I have been used for too long , I must do things for myself now . |
| 14 | Roy Pointer : ‘ I have been asking for over ten years that there needs to be some bold plans , mission strategy , developed within the denominations and I have not been aware of any until now . |