Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] it for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been taking it for two and a half years . |
| 2 | I , I think most people would feel , we 've been doing it for such a while |
| 3 | I mean I 've been doing it for such a long time now it 's important to me to go on doing it , but then that might be rather like it 's important for you to go on doing physics , is n't it ? |
| 4 | Keith goes on : ‘ We 've been doing it for three or four months now and the only problem was when somebody tripped running to the B stage , fell down and scraped their elbow ! ’ |
| 5 | They 've been doing it for some time at the Biro , Perth is |
| 6 | And those of yo you who 've been doing it for some time will now realise how easy it has made the momegiture . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’ |
| 8 | I 've been doin' it for thirty years , since old Doyle died . |