Example sentences of "[vb base] been [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
| 32 | A good A&R Manager can earn sixty or seventy grand , whilst successful A&R Directors can earn upwards of a hundred grand and considerably more if they 've been doing it for a while . ’ |
| 33 | 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 ! ’ |
| 34 | I 've been doing it for years . |
| 35 | They 've been doing it for some time at the Biro , Perth is |
| 36 | And those of yo you who 've been doing it for some time will now realise how easy it has made the momegiture . |
| 37 | I used to say Uncle I do n't lie , you know you 're do oh I 've been doing it for years you all that sort of thing you know . |
| 38 | I , I think most people would feel , we 've been doing it for such a while |
| 39 | ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’ |
| 40 | 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 |
| 41 | And listening to the people who 've been doing it for years . |
| 42 | I started out that way and not listening to the people you 've been doing it for years and say this is the way you do it . |
| 43 | I 've been doing it for |
| 44 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 45 | Well I 've been doing it for a |
| 46 | 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 ? |
| 47 | ‘ It 's O.K. , I 've been selling them for twelve , I think I 've got the knack ’ I said . |
| 48 | I 've been doin' it for thirty years , since old Doyle died . |
| 49 | I 've been restraining myself for six and a half years ! |
| 50 | Not that she 'll recognize ye , her sight 's none too good , but we 've been tellin' her for days ye 'd be coming . ’ |
| 51 | You 've been saying it for so long . |
| 52 | Because you 've been badgering me for weeks to go to a car boot sale . |
| 53 | We 've been importing it for centuries . |
| 54 | You should be able to solve some problems that have been bothering you for some time , especially those connected with your work . |
| 55 | Models have been wearing them for years . |
| 56 | ‘ I have been expecting you for a week , ’ he said . |
| 57 | ‘ If you have been taking me for granted , ’ Mr O'Hara argued , ‘ then that is my fault . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | Now governments and cities are starting to listen to economists , who have been telling them for years that the use of road space should not be a free gift to motorists . |
| 60 | I gather you have been chasing them for two weeks for their time . |