Example sentences of "'ve been [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This includes women who 've been trying for a test tube baby , have a history of pelvic inflammatory disease or sexually transmitted diseases , have suffered previous ectopic pregnancy , or surgery on their tubes , and those who 've had infertility problems . |
| 3 | They 've been engaged for a year , and it was decided the wedding could take place during August , when there is just routine spraying and pruning to be done , well before the vendange itself , when I can not do without him . ’ |
| 4 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 5 | ‘ Dr Williams said , ‘ You 've been spoiling for a fight , now you 've got it ’ ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been walking for a week . ’ |
| 7 | This is a firm and they 've been going for a number of years . |
| 8 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 9 | Because we 've been talking for a while so had time for it to evaporate . |
| 10 | I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend . |
| 11 | ‘ In the letter , Tristram said ‘ I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ I feel I 've been taken for a fool . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's not a pleasant feeling to find out you 've been taken for a ride by someone you trusted . ’ |
| 14 | They claim they 've been taken for a ride . |
| 15 | " Actually I think I 'm rather hungry — I 've been longing for a sandwich . |
| 16 | ‘ It will be the third time I 've been measured for a blazer — but I missed out on the last two ( matches ) , ’ Lane added . |
| 17 | I 've been lurking for a couple of months now and I had a couple thoughts : |