Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been saving now almost forty years . |
| 2 | I think it 's level , I think the , the benefit just stays the same cos the , the cost has n't increased it 's been like that for oh she 's been paying round about twelve pounds a month now for as long as I can remember . |
| 3 | Although the company has been going since around 1980 , for a long while it concentrated on research and development projects for other companies : this approach stems from its roots as an offshoot of the University of Colorado . |
| 4 | Do you know me and Ted have been married thirty year no not thirty , they 've been going out together thirty years |
| 5 | =ime of relentless violence in the province as the I R A continues its killings , Loyalist paramilitaries have also been carrying out almost one attack a day . |