Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 3 | They 've been living for the last ten years in an environment where they expect there to be a high level of occult activity in society . |
| 4 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 5 | They 've been expanding for the last four years . |
| 6 | It was found in a garden where they 've been digging for the past six weeks . |
| 7 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 8 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months ! |
| 11 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 12 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 13 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 14 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
| 15 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |