Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [pers pn] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been seeing her for over a year now and yesterday she popped the big question . |
| 2 | Margaret had been seeing him for nearly a year and Maura had the feeling that they were going to get married . |
| 3 | You 're only , I think you 're only supposed to use them for a , a few months , I 've been using them for about three years . |
| 4 | Since the approach was fairly new to all interviewed ( none had been operating it for more than nine months ) the responses may have more to do with expectations than experience , but nevertheless they serve to sketch out the potential of the care programme approach to affect every aspect of mental health care , for good or ill . |
| 5 | And this year we 're doing it for about half price or something . |
| 6 | we 're banning him for further and I 'm gon na |
| 7 | Priced at £3.50 at the NEC show , we 're offering them for only £2.50 , inclusive of postage and packing . |
| 8 | He 's been doing it for quite a while now has n't he ? |
| 9 | ‘ She has been doing it for about three years . |
| 10 | But you you 've got the drift and as long as I I persuade people to listen to the people who 've been doing it for so long |
| 11 | You look at Lauren Hutton , who 's been doing it for more than 20 years . |
| 12 | You 've been saying it for so long . |
| 13 | But then he knew he would n't , because he would be doing it for just that reason even if he really preferred tea with lemon . |
| 14 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't like living like this , but I will be doing it for ever . |
| 16 | ( But , thought Alice , he would not be abandoning it for long ! ) |
| 17 | I 'm taking him for about an hour . |
| 18 | But the British Menopause Society is warning that many of them might not be taking it for long enough . |
| 19 | It may be that you have been taking them for so long that you are caught up in a chemical spiral and can not now function without them . |
| 20 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 21 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 22 | Creating flower wreaths and circles is a family tradition — Elizabeth Jane has been making them for as long as she can remember . |
| 23 | She 'd been avoiding it for so long , but she had no choice about facing it now . |
| 24 | The expression that had been haunting her for nearly two days . |
| 25 | No he 's keeping them for just fun cars for himself , he 's just got the money to burn over there |
| 26 | She will think she is losing me for ever . |
| 27 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 28 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 29 | It usually sells for £18.13 but we are offering it for only £15.95 , saving over £2 . |
| 30 | The Master Table has a list price of £80.84 , but we are offering it for only £39.985 , including VAT , postage and packing , saving you £40 ! |